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

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Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

107

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     10,     leave out 'other than a dog'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

108

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     10,     at end insert 'on a lead of less than two metres in length'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

109

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     11,     at end insert ', but this does not prevent the lighting of cigarettes, cigars or pipes'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

110

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     27,     after 'fence', insert ', stile'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

111

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     34,     leave out 'are about to' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

112

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     44,     after 'camping', insert ', launching a hot air or gaseous balloon,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

113

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     47,     at end insert—

    '. For the purposes of paragraph (1), "organised games" include any team games or any individual sport that requires a pitch or playing area, but does not include orienteering.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

133

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     47,     at end insert—

    '( ) Section 2(1) does not apply to a person who, in or upon the land in question, commits the following civil offences'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

134

*Schedule     2,     page     40,     line     47,     at end insert—

      '(v) holds any political meeting or delivers any political address,

      (w) parks a caravan or trailer which is not attached to a vehicle,

      (x) repairs a vehicle unless in an accident, breakdown or emergency,

      (y) feeds animals that are lawfully grazed on the land,

      (z) discharges any crossbow, sling or catapult, or to the danger or annoyance of any other person on the access land throws or discharges any missile,

      (aa) intentionally, carelessly or negligently fouls or pollutes any waterway or ditch comprised in the access land,

      (bb) opens or enters any shooting cabin or other structure which is secured against entry,

      (cc) without reasonable excuse, climbs any wall or fence on or enclosing access land,

      (dd) without reasonable excuse, removes from or displaces on the access land any barrier, railing, post, sign or seat or any part of any structure, or any implement provided for use in the maintenance of the access land,

      (ee) without reasonable excuse, removes from or displaces on the access land any soil, turf, peat or stone,

      (ff) except in cases of emergency or with other reasonable excuse, tampers with any mine shaft cover, protective guard, fence or similar installation designed to safeguard the public or livestock,

      (gg) uses any device designed or adapted for detecting or locating any metal or mineral in the ground,

      (hh) except in case of emergency, takes off or lands upon the access land in a aircraft, helicopter, microlight, parascender, hang-glider or hot air balloon,

      (ii) releases any power-driven model aircraft for flight or control the flight of such an aircraft (where "model aircraft" means an aircraft which either weighs not more than 7 kilograms without its fuel or is for the time being exempted (as a model aircraft) from the provisions of the Air Navigation Order, and "power-driven" means driven by the combustion of petrol vapour or other combustible vapour or other combustible substances or by one or more electric motors),

      (jj) holds any show, concert, exhibition or other entertainment on the access land.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

114

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     1,     leave out 'Regulations may' and insert 'The Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) may by order'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

115

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     3,     leave out paragraph 3.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

116

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     3,     leave out from '(1)' to 'section' in line 4.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

117

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     3,     leave out '30th June' and insert '31st July'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

135

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     5,     leave out 'which is not on a lead' and insert, 'whether the person is on the access land or is passing or re-passing on a public right of way over the access land.'

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

118

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     5,     at end insert 'which is less than two metres in length.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

136

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     11,     after 'horses', insert, 'equines, deer, game in the wild state.'

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

137

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '—(1) In section 1(2)(c) of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 the words "or otherwise under close control) in a field or enclosure in which there are sheep" shall be omitted and the words "in the vicinity of livestock" shall be inserted.—

    (2) In this paragraph, "livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, equines, deer, game in the wild state or poultry, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph "cattle" means bulls, cows, oxen, heifers or calves, "horses" includes asses and mules, and "poultry" means domestic fowls, turkeys, geese or ducks.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

138

*Schedule     2,     page     41,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '( ) An access authority or a district council may apply the provisions of the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1990 to access land.'.


 
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