Paragraph 12 I1I2

Section 51 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (general provisions as to long-distance routes) is amended as follows.

In subsection (2)(a), for the words from “any public path” to the end there is substituted “ any highway along which the route passes and which is a public path, a restricted byway or a way shown in a definitive map and statement as a restricted byway or byway open to all traffic; ”.

In subsection (5), for the words from “existing public paths” to “route passes” there is substituted “ existing highways falling within paragraph (a) of that subsection ”.

After that subsection there is inserted—

“(6)

In this section—

• “definitive map and statement” has the same meaning as in Part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and

• “restricted byway” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.”