The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2005
S.I. 2005/2752 · Made 6 October 2005 · Extends to England and Wales
COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND
Made 6th October 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 103(3) and (4) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000f1, makes the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Contents
1Citation, interpretation and extent
This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.10) Order 2005.
In this Order references to sections, Parts and Schedules are references to sections and Parts of, and Schedules to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
This Order applies in relation to England onlyf1.
2Appointed days
31st October 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions—
section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) in so far as it relates to any access land—
which is access land by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or (b); and
which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 1st July 2005 and 16th August 2005;
section 102 (which introduces Schedule 16) in so far as it relates to the provisions in Schedule 16 referred to in sub-paragraph (c) below;
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 in so far as it relates to any access land—
which is access land solely by virtue of section 1(1)(e); and
which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 1st July 2005 and 16th August 2005,
is 31st October 2005 or the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which the land is dedicated for the purposes of Part I under section 16 (dedication of land as access land), whichever is the later.
Signature
Jim Knight
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6th October 2005
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 in relation to England only.
Apart from minor consequential repeals, it brings into force on 31st October 2005 section 2 (which introduces a new right of access to access land) in so far as it relates to access land which is shown as open country or registered common land on a map in conclusive form and which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency on 1st July 2005 and 16th August 2005 (such maps relate to the west area of England and the east area of England, respectively).
The Order also brings into force section 2 in so far as it relates to access land which is dedicated as access land under section 16 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, which is not shown as open country or registered common land on a map in conclusive form, but which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued on 1st July 2005 and 16th August 2005. The day appointed for section 2 in relation to such land is 31st October 2005 or the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which the land is dedicated under section 16, whichever is the later.
The electronic version of the maps in conclusive form, issued on 1st July 2005 and 16th August 2005, may be inspected at the offices of the Countryside Agency at John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham GL50 3RA, 5th Floor, 1 Redcliff Street, Bristol BS1 6NP, and 3rd Floor, Bridgewater House, Whitworth Street, Manchester M1 6LT (telephone 0845 100 3298). Copies of the maps at a reduced scale may be inspected on the Countryside Agency’s website (www.countryside.gov.uk/access/mapping). For information about where printed copies of such maps can be inspected and obtained, telephone 0845 100 3298.