Regulation 10 Deposit of reduced scale maps with local authorities and National Park authorities

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), where the Agency have issued a provisional or conclusive map they shall, as soon as reasonably practicable on or after the date of issue, deposit a reduced scale map with the proper officer of any local authority or National Park authority^f1 exercising functions for any area of land to which the provisional or conclusive map (as the case may be) relates.

(2)

Where the functions of a local authority or National Park authority relate to only part of the area of land covered by the provisional or conclusive map, a reduced scale map relating to only that part may be deposited.

(3)

In the case of a provisional map, the proper officer shall, in accordance with section 225(1) of the Local Government Act 1972^f2, retain the reduced scale map for the period during which the map remains current for the purpose of its being available for inspection and making copies in accordance with section 228(5) of that Act^f3.

(4)

In the case of a conclusive map—

(a)

the proper officer of a county council, a council exercising the functions of a county council or a London borough shall, in accordance with section 225(1) of the Local Government Act 1972, retain the reduced scale map permanently for the purpose referred to in paragraph (3) above; and

(b)

the proper officer of a district council (other than a district council exercising the functions of a county council) or National Park authority shall, in accordance with section 225(1) of that Act, retain the reduced scale map for the period during which the map remains current for that purpose.

(5)

In this regulation, “local authority” means a county council, district council or London borough council.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: By virtue of section 45(3) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, the Broads (as defined in section 45(4) of that Act), are to be treated as a National Park and the Broads Authority as a National Park authority.
f2: Section 225(1) and section 228 have effect as if a National Park authority were a local authority, by virtue of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), section 63(5) and Schedule 7, paragraph 17(2).
f3: Section 228 has amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.