{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/section-50A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/section-50A.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/50A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50A",
  "heading": "Application of Part IV 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 land of any description in England), the Natural Resources Body for Wales shall have the corresponding function as respects Wales (or land of a similar description in Wales).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 50A inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 130(1), Sch. 8 para 1(6); S.I. 1991/865, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 50A(2) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 20; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 50A(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 19 (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97/section/50A",
    "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."
}