# National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S

An Act to make provision for National Parks and the establishment of a National Parks Commission; to confer on the Nature Conservancy and local authorities powers for the establishment and maintenance of nature reserves; to make further provision for the recording, creation, maintenance and improvement of public paths and for securing access to open country, and to amend the law relating to rights of way; to confer further powers for preserving and enhancing natural beauty; and for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid.
[16th December 1949]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/introduction
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