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The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/3088 · Made 22 November 2004

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COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND

Made 22nd November 2004

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, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 37.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, interpretation and extent
  2. 2Appointed days
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, interpretation and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.6) Order 2004.

(2)

In this Order references to sections and Parts are references to sections and Parts of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

(3)

This Order applies in relation to England onlyf1.

2Appointed days

(1)

14th December 2004 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) in so far as it relates to any access land—

(a)

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

(b)

which lies within an area covered by the map in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 28th September 2004.

(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 the map in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 28th September 2004,

is 14th December 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.

Signature

Alun Michael

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

22nd November 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, in relation to England only, section 2 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 for certain purposes.

It brings into force on 14th December 2004 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 the map in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency on 28th September 2004 (such map relates to the central southern area of England).

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 also shown as open country or registered common land on a map in conclusive form, but which lies within an area covered by the map in conclusive form issued on 28th September 2004. The day appointed for section 2 in relation to such land is 14th December 2004 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 map in conclusive form issued on 28th September 2004 may be inspected at the offices of the Countryside Agency at John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham GL50 3RA and 5th Floor, 1 Redcliff Street, Bristol BS1 6NP (telephone 0845 100 3298). Copies of the map 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 a map can be inspected and obtained, telephone 0845 100 3298.