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
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1980 c. 66. See the definition of “bridleway” and “footpath” in section 3.
- f2
- f3
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See the definition in section 66(1).