Amendments proposed to the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

93

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     29,     leave out 'subsections (3) and (4)' and insert 'the remainder of this section'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

94

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '( ) Subsection (1) does not entitle a person to enter or be on any access land unless the appropriate countryside body has certified that the land is accessible.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

95

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '( ) Subsection (1) does not entitle a person to enter or be on any access land unless the appropriate countryside body has certified—

      (a) that adequate signage and means of access have been provided;

      (b) that any necessary byelaws have been confirmed; and

      (c) that an adequate system of wardens will be provided by an access authority or a district council;

    in respect of that access land.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

96

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '( ) Subsection (1) does not entitle a person to enter or be on any access land unless the access authority has published notice that, having consulted the relevant local access forum, it considers there is local support for the access to that access land under this Part.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

81

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     36,     after 'with', insert 'subsection (1)(a),'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

82

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     37,     leave out from 'II' to end of line 39 and insert 'he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

83

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     38,     leave out 'the remainder of that day' and insert 'for one calendar month'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

84

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     38,     leave out from second 'of' to end of line 39 and insert 'any access land.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

126

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     39,     leave out from 'any' to end of line and insert 'access land'.

   

Mr Damiain Green
Mr James Paice

125

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     39,     at end insert—

      '(1) Where on any day a person becomes a trespasser on any access land (the "relevant land") because of a failure to comply with Schedule 2 or with any restriction imposed under Chapter II, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

128

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     39,     at end insert—

    '( ) Where a person is convicted of an offence on any access land, the court by which he is convicted, in addition to dealing with him in any other way, may also require the person not to enter any access land for a specified period.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

85

*Clause     2,     page     2,     leave out lines 42 to 46.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

129

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     42,     leave out from '"owner"' to end of line 46 and insert 'means a person interested in land'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

131

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     46,     at end insert—

    '( ) Any person who intentionally obstructs any warden, ranger, officer or agent of an access authority or a district council, or any person interested in land, or his agent or any person authorised by him, in the enforcement of the general restrictions in Schedule 2 and any other restrictions imposed in relation to access land under Chapter II, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

130

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     46,     at end insert—

    '( ) The general restrictions in Schedule 2 and any other restrictions imposed in relation to the land under Chapter II may be enforced by—

      (a) any person interested in the access land in question;

      (b) any person acting on behalf of, or with the authority of, any person interested in the land;

      (c) any warden appointed under the provisions of section 18 of this Act; or

      (d) any police officer or officer of the Environment Agency or Nature Conservancy Council.'.


   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

139

*Clause     3,     page     3,     line     12,     at end add—

    '( ) An order under this section shall not be made until the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) has consulted those interests likely to be affected by the order, has undertaken and published a regulatory impact assessment in relation to the proposed order, and has undertaken and published an assessment of the effects of a proposal for any such order on—

      (a) the environment, including any effects on the natural beauty, flora, fauna and geological and physiographical features of the land affected;

      (b) the use and management of land adjacent to the land affected; and

      (c) flood and coastal defence and coast protection in relation to the land affected.'.


   

Mr Damiain Green
Mr James Paice

119

*     Clause     6,     page     4,     line     14,     leave out 'wholly or predominantly'.


   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

29

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land comprising a highway.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

30

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Formerly cultivated land which is subject to a "set-aside" scheme.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

31

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for the keeping of horses.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

32

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for animal pens or enclosures.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

33

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land within 50 metres of a dwelling-house.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

34

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land covered by a mobile home, caravan, marquee or tent or within 10 metres of such mobile home, caravan, marquee or tent.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

35

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land covered by hardstanding.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

36

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for outdoor storage.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

37

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used or previously used as a cemetery or burial ground.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

38

*Schedule     1,     page     39, line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for the purposes of a sports pitch or an athletics track.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

39

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used as a swimming pool.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

40

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used as a shooting range.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

41

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for clay pigeon shooting.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

42

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for the holding of a market.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

43

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for motor car and motorcycle racing including trials of speed or other motor sports, and practising for these activities.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

44

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for any war game.'

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

45

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for camping.'

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

46

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for the purposes of a film or television studio.'

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

47

*Schedule     1,     page     39,     line     5,     at end insert—

    'Land used for the deposit, storage, transfer or sorting of waste materials.'

 
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