{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000/section-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000/section-33.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/37",
  "legislation_title": "Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000",
  "path": "section/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Guidance by countryside bodies to National Park authorities.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (3), Natural England may issue guidance—\n(a) to National Park authorities in England with respect to the discharge by National Park authorities of their functions under this Chapter, and\n(b) to the Forestry Commissioners with respect to the discharge by the Forestry Commissioners of any functions conferred on them by virtue of section 21(6) in relation to land in England.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Natural Resources Body for Wales may issue guidance—\n(a) to National Park authorities in Wales with respect to the discharge by National Park authorities of their functions under this Chapter, ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Natural England or the Natural Resources Body for Wales may not issue any guidance under this section unless the guidance has been approved—\n(a) in the case of Natural England, by the Secretary of State, and\n(b) in the case of the Natural Resources Body for Wales, by the National Assembly for Wales.\n(4) Where Natural England or the Natural Resources Body for Wales issue any guidance under this section, they shall arrange for the guidance to be published in such manner as they consider appropriate.\n(5) A National Park authority or the Forestry Commissioners shall have regard to any guidance issued to them under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 158(a); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 33 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 405(2) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 33(2)(b) and preceding word omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 405(3) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(3) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 158(a); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(4) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 158(b); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:34.149457+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."
}