Paragraph 27 Public rights of way

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 3(1)(c)(iv) words inserted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(e)(i)
Sch. para. 3(1)(c)(iv)(bb) words substituted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(e)(ii)
Sch. para. 13(5)(b) words substituted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(f)
Sch. para. 16(1)(a) word substituted by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) 2005 reg. 2(g)

A farmer must maintain any stile, gate or similar structure, other than a structure to which section 146(5) of the Highways Act 1980^f1 applies, across a visible footpath or bridleway in a safe condition, and to the standard of repair required to prevent unreasonable interference with the rights of persons using the footpath or bridleway.

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f1: 1980 c. 66, as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (2000 c. 37).