Section 66 Restriction on creation of new public rights of wayI1I2
(1)
No public right of way for mechanically propelled vehicles is created after commencement unless it is—
(a)
created (by an enactment or instrument or otherwise) on terms that expressly provide for it to be a right of way for such vehicles, or
(b)
created by the construction, in exercise of powers conferred by virtue of any enactment, of a road intended to be used by such vehicles.
(2)
For the purposes of the creation after commencement of any other public right of way, use (whenever occurring) of a way by mechanically propelled vehicles is to be disregarded.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 66 in force at 2.5.2006 for E. immediately after the coming into force of 2000 c. 37, ss. 47-50 by S.I. 2006/1176, art. 6
- I2
S. 66 in force at 16.11.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/2992, art. 2