Article 2 Appointed days

England and Wales

(1)

31st October 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions—

(a)

section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) in so far as it relates to any access land—

(i)

which is access land by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or (b); and

(ii)

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;

(b)

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;

(c)

Part I of Schedule 16 (repeals relating to access to the countryside) in so far as it relates to:

(i)

paragraph 35A of Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1972^f1; and

(ii)

paragraph 13 of Schedule 6 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994^f2.

(2)

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 in so far as it relates to any access land—

(a)

which is access land solely by virtue of section 1(1)(e); and

(b)

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.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 70.
f2: 1994 c. 19.