{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-access-scotland-regulations-1994/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-access-scotland-regulations-1994/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3085",
  "legislation_title": "The Set-Aside Access (Scotland) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-access-scotland-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Requirements in relation to the access area",
  "text": "(1) The access area shall be a continuous area of land consisting of—\n(a) a strip or strips of land 10 metres wide (“access route”); and\n(b) whole or part fields (“open field site”).\n(2) The access area shall comply with at least one of the following requirements:—\n(a) its proximity to a centre of population is such that in the opinion of the Secretary of State members of the public would make significant use of it;\n(b) it shall provide access to, or to the vicinity of, a landscape feature, a vantage point or a site of archaeological, historical or wildlife interest;\n(c) it shall provide a link between two or more existing public rights of way; or\n(d) it shall provide a continuous circular walk of at least 1.5 kilometres in length.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3085/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:21:40.431535+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."
}