{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/section-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/section-4A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97",
  "legislation_title": "National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949",
  "path": "section/4A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Application of Part II of this Act in Wales.",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this Part of this Act shall, subject to the next following subsection, apply to land in Wales as they apply to land in England.\n(2) Where a provision of this Part of this Act confers a function on the Natural England as respects England (or areas of any description in England), the Natural Resources Body for Wales shall have the corresponding function as respects Wales (or areas of a similar description in Wales).\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to section 11A(1A) or (1B) (duty to further statutory purposes of National Parks in England).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4A inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 130(1), Sch. 8 para. 1(4); S.I. 1991/685, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 4A(2) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 9; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4A(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 16 (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 4A(3) inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 245(2), 255(9)(b) (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 4A applied (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.5.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 37, s. 84(3) (with s. 84(4)-(6)); S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(2)(e); S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97/section/4A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:51.346218+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."
}