This is the text of the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 3rd March 2000.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions with the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, are published separately as
Bill 78- EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN
RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Prescott has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.