# The Access to the Countryside (Maps) (England) Regulations 2013, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000;
“conclusive map” means a map issued by the Countryside Agency in conclusive form under section 9 of the Act;
“reduced scale map” means a copy of a conclusive map in printed or electronic form which is on a smaller scale than the scale of the conclusive map (or any part of it) but which is on a scale of not less than 1/25,000.
(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a period during which a conclusive map remains current is a reference to—
(a) the period ending with the date on which Natural England issues a conclusive map on a review under section 10 of the Act (“a review conclusive map”) covering the whole area of land to which the conclusive map relates; or
(b) where review conclusive maps are issued covering particular parts of that area, to the period ending with the date on which Natural England issues the last in a succession of such maps which together cover the whole of that area.
(3) In these Regulations, a reference to a period during which a reduced scale map remains current is a reference to the period during which the conclusive map from which it is derived remains current.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1798/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-maps-england-regulations-2013/regulation-2
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