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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 13th April 2000

STANDING COMMITTEE B


COUNTRYSIDE AND RIGHTS OF WAY BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [28th March], as follows:

Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clause 2, Schedule 2, Clauses 3 to 8, Schedule 3, Clauses 9 to 42, Schedule 4, Clauses 43 to 47, Schedule 5, Clauses 48 to 50, Schedule 6, Clause 51, Schedule 7, Clauses 52 to 59, Schedule 8, Clauses 60 to 62, Schedule 9, Clause 63, Schedule 10, Clauses 64 to 67, Schedule 11, Clauses 68 to 72, Schedule 12, Clauses 73 and 74, new Clauses, new Schedules.

   

Mr David Heath

160

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

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Gordon Prentice

226

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     4,     after 'land', insert ', woodland or riverside'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

241

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     4,     at end insert—

    '( ) In exercising any power in respect of coastal land under or pursuant to this Act, regard shall be had to the needs of flood defence and coastal protection.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

242

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     4,     at end insert—

    '( ) In exercising any power in respect of coastal land under or pursuant to this Act, regard shall be had to the protection of wildlife and the needs of nature conservation.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

243

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     6,     after 'Part', insert 'except sections 12 and 13'.

   

Mr David Heath

161

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

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

244

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     7,     after 'Part', insert ', except sections 12 and 13,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

245

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '( ) An order under this section may not—

      (a) remove or restrict the rights of appeal under sections 6, 28 and 36; or

      (b) remove the byelaw making powers under section 17.'.

   

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 Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

246

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     after 'London', insert 'and outside the New Forest'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

247

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) all access land,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

248

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) all excepted land which is registered common land or open country,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

249

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) all sites of special scientific interest which are registered common land or open country,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

250

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) all land on which access is excluded or restricted by a direction of indefinite period made under section 24(2)(d),'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

251

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) all land on which access is excluded or restricted by a direction for a specified period in each year made under Chapter II,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

252

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) means of access to access land,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

253

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) land treated as being accessible to the public by reason of section 15'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

254

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '( ) land dedicated as access land under section 16,'.

   

Mr David Heath

162

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

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

255

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) all access land,'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

256

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) all excepted land which is registered common land or open country,'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

257

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) all sites of special scientific interest which are registered common land or open country,'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

258

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) all land on which access is excluded or restricted by a direction of indefinite period made under section 24 (2)(d),'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

259

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) all land on which access is excluded or restricted by a direction for a specified period in each year made under Chapter II,'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

260

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) means of access to access land,'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

261

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) land treated as being accessible to the public by reason of section 15'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

262

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '( ) land dedicated as access land under section 16,'.

   

Mr David Heath

163

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

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

263

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     25,     leave out 'but need not distinguish' and insert 'and'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

295

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     26,     at end insert 'and shall not incude areas of five hectares or less'.

   

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 Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

264

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     28,     at end insert—

      '( ) shall not show as open country areas of open country which the body considers are not readily accessible,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

265

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     28,     at end insert—

      '( ) shall not show as registered common land areas of registered common land which are so small that the body considers that their inclusion would serve no useful purpose,'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

266

Clause     4,     page     3,     line     28,     at end insert—

      '( ) may determine not to show as open country areas of open country which consist of large areas of water,'.

 
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