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Paragraph 8 Wildlife and landscapeI1

England and Wales

The hedgerow—

(a)

is adjacent to a bridleway or footpath, within the meaning of the Highways Act 1980f1, a road used as a public path, within the meaning of section 54 (duty to reclassify roads used as public paths) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981f2, or a byway open to all traffic, within the meaning of Part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981f3, and

(b)

includes at least 4 woody species, ascertained in accordance with paragraph 7(3) and at least 2 of the features specified in paragraph 7(4)(a) to (g).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 8 in force at 1.6.1997, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 66. See the definition of “bridleway” and “footpath” in section 3.

f2

1981 c. 69.

f3

See the definition in section 66(1).