{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000-commencement-no-5-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000-commencement-no-5-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2173",
  "legislation_title": "The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000-commencement-no-5-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "(1) 19th September 2004 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—\n(a) section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) in so far as it relates to any access land—\n(i) which is access land by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or (b); and\n(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 4th May 2004 and 2nd June 2004;\n(b) section 12 (effect of right of access on rights and liabilities of owners);\n(c) section 13 (occupiers' liability);\n(d) section 14 (offence of displaying on access land notices deterring public use);\n(e) section 18 (wardens);\n(f) section 20 (codes of conduct and other information);\n(g) section 46(3) (which introduces Schedule 4) in so far as it relates to the provisions in Schedule 4 referred to in sub-paragraph (i) below;\n(h) Schedule 2 (restrictions to be observed by persons exercising right of access); and\n(i) paragraphs 2 (amendment to the Forestry Act 1967) and 3 (amendment to the Agriculture Act 1967) of Schedule 4.\n(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 in so far as it relates to any access land—\n(i) which is access land solely by virtue of section 1(1)(e); and\n(ii) which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) above,\nis 19th September 2004 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2173/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:19:55.454062+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}