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PART II |
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AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS |
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The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97) |
| | 9. - (1) Section 51 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (general provisions as to long-distance routes) is amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (2)(a), for "or road used as a public path" there is substituted ", restricted byway or way shown in a definitive map and statement as a byway open to all traffic".
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(3) In subsection (5), for "or roads used as public paths" there is substituted ", restricted byways or ways shown in a definitive map and statement as byways open to all traffic".
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(4) After that subsection there is inserted-
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"(6) In this section-
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"definitive map and statement" has the same meaning as in Part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and |
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"restricted byway" has the same meaning as in Part II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000." |
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| | 10. - (1) In subsections (1) and (3) of section 57 of that Act (penalty for displaying on footpaths notices deterring public use) for "or road used as a public path" there is substituted "or restricted byway".
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(2) After subsection (3) of that section there is inserted-
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"(4) In this section "restricted byway" has the same meaning as in Part II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000."
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The Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41) |
| | 11. In section 41(11) of the Countryside Act 1968 (power to make bylaws and related provision about wardens)-
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(a) for "road used as a public path" there is substituted "restricted byway", and |
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(b) after "27(6) of the Act of 1949" there is inserted "and section 44(4) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000". |
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The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) |
| | 12. In section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (power to remove trespassers on land), in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of "land" in subsection (9) for the words from "it falls" to "public path)" there is substituted "it is a footpath or bridleway within the meaning of Part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, is a way shown in a definitive map and statement, within the meaning of that Part, as a byway open to all traffic, is a restricted byway within the meaning of Part II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
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