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The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 16) Order 2023

S.I. 2023/1121 · Made 24 October 2023

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Countryside, England

Made 24th October 2023

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 103(3) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 37.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and application
  2. 2Commencement of provisions in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and application

This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 16) Order 2023 and applies in relation to England only.

2Commencement of provisions in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Sections 53, 54, 55 and 56 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.

Signature

Trudy Harrison

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

24th October 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force provisions in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) (“the 2000 Act”). The provisions come into force the day after the day on which this Order is made and apply in relation to England only.

Article 2 brings into force sections 53 (extinguishment of unrecorded rights of way), 54 (excepted highways and rights of way), 55 (bridleway rights over ways shown as bridleways) and 56 (cut-off date for extinguishment etc.) of the 2000 Act.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.