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PART II |
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AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS |
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The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97) |
| | 8. - (1) Section 51 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (general provisions as to long-distance routes) is amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (2)(a), for the words from "any public path" to the end there is substituted "any highway along which the route passes and which is a public path, a restricted byway or a way shown in a definitive map and statement as a restricted byway or byway open to all traffic;".
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(3) In subsection (5), for the words from "existing public paths" to "route passes" there is substituted "existing highways falling within paragraph (a) of that subsection".
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(4) After that subsection there is inserted-
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"(6) In this section-
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"definitive map and statement" has the same meaning as in Part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and |
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"restricted byway" has the same meaning as in Part II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000." |
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| | 9. - (1) In subsections (1) and (3) of section 57 of that Act (penalty for displaying on footpaths notices deterring public use) for "or road used as a public path" there is substituted "or restricted byway".
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(2) After subsection (3) of that section there is inserted-
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"(4) In this section "restricted byway" has the same meaning as in Part II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000."
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The Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41) |
| | 10. In section 41(11) of the Countryside Act 1968 (power to make byelaws and related provision about wardens)-
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(a) for "road used as a public path" there is substituted "restricted byway", and |
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(b) after "27(6) of the Act of 1949" there is inserted "and section 44(4) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000". |
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The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) |
| | 11. In section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (power to remove trespassers on land), in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of "land" in subsection (9) for the words from "it falls" to "public path)" there is substituted "it is a footpath, bridleway or byway open to all traffic within the meaning of Part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, is a restricted byway within the meaning of Part II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000".
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