# Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967, Section 60: Extension of powers of Secretary of State as respects certain land held by him.

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(2) The Secretary of State may make byelaws for regulating the reasonable use by the public of land to which this section applies and facilities made available thereunder, and in relation to any such matter as is described in section 54(2) above.
(3) Before making any byelaws under this section the Secretary of State shall cause the proposed byelaws to be made known in the locality to which they relate, shall give an opportunity for objections being made to the proposed byelaws, shall receive and consider all objections made and may if he considers it necessary or desirable cause a local inquiry to be held.
(4) When such byelaws are made the Secretary of State shall cause them to be published in such manner as appears to him to be necessary to make them known to persons in the locality to which they relate, and shall on application furnish to any person a copy of the byelaws on payment of such reasonable sum as he may determine.
(5) A byelaw made under this section shall be deemed to be a regulation within the meaning of the Documentary Evidence Act 1868 and may be proved accordingly.
(6) If anyone fails to comply with, or acts in contravention of, any byelaw made under this section he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(7) This section applies to land held by the Secretary of State under or for the purposes of any of the following enactments—
(a) the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897;
(b) the Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land Settlement) Act 1916;
(c) the Small Holding Colonies Acts 1916 and 1918;
(d) the Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919;
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(g) the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948;
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/86/section/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-scotland-act-1967/section-60
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