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

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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.'.


   

Mr David Heath

160

*Clause     3,     page     3,     line     1,     leave out from 'State' to 'may' in line 2.

   

Mr David Heath

161

*Clause     3,     page     3,     line     6,     leave out from 'Part' to end of line 8.

   

Mr Gordon Prentice

144

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     11,     after 'cliff', insert ', cliff-top'.

   

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 David Heath

162

*Clause     4,     page     3,     line     18,     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr David Heath

163

*Clause     4,     page     3,     line     22,     leave out 'and (2)'.

   

Mr David Heath

164

*Clause     4,     page     3,     line     27,     after 'section', insert 'and subject to the agreement of the Secretary of State,'.

   

Mr David Heath

165

*Clause     4,     page     3,     line     27,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.


   

Mr David Heath

166

*Clause     5,     page     3,     line     36,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.

   

Mr David Heath

167

*Clause     5,     page     3,     line     41,     at end insert 'and consult thereon with the relevant local access forum.'.


   

Mr David Heath

168

*Clause     6,     page     4,     line     5,     leave out '(a) in the case of land in England'.

   

Mr David Heath

169

*Clause     6,     page     4,     line     5,     leave out from 'State' to end of line 6.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice

119

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


   

Mr David Heath

170

*Clause     7,     page     4,     line     28,     leave out 'or the National Assembly of Wales'.

   

Mr David Heath

171

*Clause     7,     page     4,     line     28,     leave out 'or it'.

   

Mr David Heath

172

*Clause     7,     page     4,     line     41,     leave out 'or the National Assembly for Wales'.

   

Mr David Heath

173

*Clause     7,     page     4,     line     44,     leave out 'or the Assembly'.

   

Mr David Heath

174

*Clause     7,     page     5,     line     2,     leave out 'or the National Assembly for Wales'.

   

Mr David Heath

175

*Clause     7,     page     5,     line     8,     leave out 'or the Assembly'.

   

Mr David Heath

176

*Clause     7,     page     5,     line     9,     leave out 'or the Assembly'.


   

Mr David Heath

177

*Clause     8,     page     5,     line     16,     leave out 'or the National Assembly for Wales'.

   

Mr David Heath

178

*Clause     8,     page     5,     line     17,     leave out 'or its'.

   

Mr David Heath

179

*Clause     8,     page     5,     line     22,     leave out 'or the Assembly'.


   

Mr David Heath

180

*Clause     9,     page     5,     line     34,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.

   

Mr David Heath

181

*Clause     9,     page     5,     line     41,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.

   

Mr David Heath

182

*Clause     9,     page     6,     line     2,     leave out from 'State' to end of line 3.

   

Mr David Heath

183

*Clause     9,     page     6,     line     4,     leave out 'relevant countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.

   

Mr David Heath

184

*Clause     9,     page     6,     line     8,     leave out from 'State' to 'to' in line 10 and insert 'may direct the Countryside Agency'.


   

Mr David Heath

185

*Clause     10,     page     6,     line     17,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.

   

Mr David Heath

186

*Clause     10,     page     6,     line     18,     leave out 'the duty of the body' and insert 'its duty'.

   

Mr David Heath

187

*Clause     10,     page     6,     line     19,     at end insert ', in consultation with the relevant local access forum'.

   

Mr David Heath

188

*Clause     10,     page     6,     line     26,     leave out 'ten' and insert 'five'.

   

Mr David Heath

189

*Clause     10,     page     6,     line     29,     at end insert 'and

      (c) in consultation with English Nature.'.


   

Mr David Heath

190

*Clause     11,     page     6,     line     39,     leave out 'local highway authorities, National Park' and insert 'access'.

   

Mr David Heath

191

*Clause     11,     page     6,     line     39,     at end insert ', local access fora'.

   

Mr David Heath

192

*Clause     11,     page     7,     line     2,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.

   

Mr David Heath

193

*Clause     11,     page     7,     line     12,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.


   

Mr David Heath

194

*Clause     13,     page     8,     line     7,     at end insert 'or permanent'.

   

Mr David Heath

195

*Clause     13,     page     8,     line     8,     at end add ', including flora or fauna'.


   

Mr David Heath

196

*Clause     14,     page     8,     line     22,     at end add—

    '(4) A person who, having been convicted of an offence under subsection (1), is convicted of a further offence relating to the same access land is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.'.


   

Mr David Heath

197

*Clause     17,     page     9,     line     26,     at beginning insert—

    '.—(A1) It shall be the duty of an access authority to establish for each local area a Local Access Forum, comprising representatives of landowners and agricultural, environmental, recreational and such other interests as may seem to the access authority to be relevant to access land in that area, for the purpose of consultation on any matter relating to access.'.

   

Mr David Heath

198

*Clause     17,     page     9,     line     36,     leave out 'appropriate countryside body' and insert 'Countryside Agency'.

   

Mr David Heath

199

*Clause     17,     page     9,     line     36,     at end insert 'and the relevant local access forum'.

   

Mr David Heath

200

*Clause     17,     page     10,     leave out lines 6 and 7 and insert 'the Secretary of State'.


   

Mr David Heath

201

*Clause     18,     page     10,     line     12,     leave out 'or a district council'.

   

Mr David Heath

202

*Clause     18,     page     10,     line     12,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.


NEW CLAUSE

Access in Wales

   

Mr David Heath

NC1

*To move the following Clause:—

    '.All matters relating to public access to land in Wales shall be determined by the National Assembly for Wales, which for this purpose may—

      (a) define those areas of land in Wales to which the public shall have an entitlement to access;

      (b) direct the Countryside Council for Wales to prepare, in respect of Wales, such maps as may be required to identify land relevant to Part I;

      (c) determine such processes for appeal as the National Assembly for Wales may consider appropriate;

      (d) consider such regulation for access to land in Wales as may be required; and

      (e) assume any powers and authority in respect of Wales such as may be conferred by virtue of Part I on the Secretary of State in respect of land in England.'.


 
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