Amendments proposed to the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Sir George Young
Mr John Maples
Mr Richard Page
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Prior
Mr David Rendel

NS2

To move the following Schedule:—

'Private Rights of Way Across Commons

Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)

    In section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 there shall be inserted after subsection (4)—

    "(4A) A person shall be deemed to have and to always have had lawful authority for the purpose of subsection (4) of this section if that person draws or drives upon a way or track across any land to which this section applies any carriage, cart, caravan, truck or other vehicle in order to gain access to or egress from a private residence where the access is across that land.".'.

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Sir George Young
Mr John Maples
Mr Richard Page
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Prior
Mr David Rendel

NS3

To move the following Schedule:—

'PRIVATE RIGHTS OF WAY ACROSS COMMONS (No. 2)

Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)

    In section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 there shall be inserted after subsection (4)—

    "(4A) Where a way across a common has been used as the vehicular access to a dwelling-house as of right and without the access having been called into question by proceedings for 20 years prior to 3rd November 1999 then a right to use that way as a vehicular access shall exist.".'.

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Mr Secretary Prescott

195

Page     40     [Schedule     1],     leave out line 6 and insert—

    '1. Land on which the soil is being, or has at any time within the previous twelve months been, disturbed by any ploughing or drilling undertaken for the purposes of planting or sowing crops or trees.'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

196

Page     40,     line     18     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

    '. Land covered by pens in use for the temporary reception or detention of livestock.'.

   

Mr Andrew F. Bennett
Dr David Clark

1

Page     40     [Schedule     1],     leave out lines 19 and 20.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

197

Page     40,     line     24     [Schedule     1],     leave out '"buildings"' and insert—

' "building" includes any structure or erection and any part of a building as so defined, but does not include any fence or wall, or anything which is a means of access as defined by section 32; and for this purpose "structure" includes any tent, caravan or other temporary or moveable structure;'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

198

Page     40,     line     25     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

' "ploughing" and "drilling" include respectively agricultural or forestry operations similar to ploughing and agricultural or forestry operations similar to drilling;'.

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Mr Secretary Prescott

199

Page     41,     line     2     [Schedule     2],     at end insert—

    '(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the development is treated by section 191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as being lawful for the purposes of that Act.'.

   

Mr Andrew Miller

133

Page     41,     line     9     [Schedule     2],     leave out 'or sailboard', and insert 'other than a manually propelled vessel'.

   

Mr Andrew Miller

134

Page     41,     line     9     [Schedule     2],     at end insert '(and for this purpose "vessel" includes a sailboard)'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

200

Page     41,     line     10     [Schedule     2],     at end insert—

'(cc) commits any criminal offence,'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

201

Page     41,     line     19     [Schedule     2],     at end insert—

'(hh) uses or has with him any metal detector,'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

202

Page     41,     line     20     [Schedule     2],     leave out paragraph (i).

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

203

Page     41,     line     22     [Schedule     2],     leave out paragraph (k).

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

204

Page     41,     line     27     [Schedule     2],     leave out paragraph (m).

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

205

Page     41,     line     32     [Schedule     2],     leave out paragraphs (p) and (q).

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

206

Page     41,     line     48     [Schedule     2],     at beginning insert—

    '(1) In paragraph 1(hh), "metal detector" means any device designed or adapted for detecting or locating any metal or mineral in the ground.

    (2)'.

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Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

105

Page     42,     line     3     [Schedule     2],     leave out '30th June' and insert '31st July'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

83

Page     42,     line     5     [Schedule     2],     leave out from 'dog' to end of line 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
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

107

Page     42,     line     5     [Schedule 2],     after 'a', insert 'short'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

108

Page     42,     line     9     [Schedule 2],     after 'a', insert 'short'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

207

Page     42     [Schedule     2],     leave out lines 11 to 14.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

38

Page     42,     line     11     [Schedule     2],     leave out from '"livestock"' to end of line 14 and insert 'includes any creature kept for the production of food, wool, or skins, or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land.'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

109

Page     42,     line     11     [Schedule 2],     leave out 'means' and insert 'includes'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

208

Page     42,     line     22     [Schedule     2],     leave out 'access'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

209

Page     42,     line     26     [Schedule     2],     at end insert—

'(aa) the variation of any direction given under this paragraph by a subsequent direction so given,'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

210

Page     42     [Schedule     2],     leave out lines 32 to 35 and insert 'has the meaning given by section 20.'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

23

Page     42     [Schedule     2],     leave out lines 36 to 39.

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Mr Andrew F. Bennett
Dr David Clark

68

Page     43,     line     35     [Schedule     3],     leave out 'either of the parties' and insert 'any party'.

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Mr Secretary Prescott

211

Page     45     [Schedule     4],     leave out lines 1 to 6.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

212

Page     45,     line     14     [Schedule     4],     at end insert—

'Countryside Act 1968

    . In section 2(6) of the Countryside Act 1968 (Countryside Agency and Countryside Council for Wales to make recommendations to public bodies in relation to byelaws) for "and the Act of 1949" there is substituted ", the Act of 1949 and Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000".'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

292

*Page     45,     line     30     [Schedule     5],     at end insert—

    '( ) In subsection (3)(c)(i) for "a right of way to which this Part applies" there is substituted "a right of way such that the land over which the right subsists is a public path or, subject to section 54A, a byway open to all traffic".'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

293

*Page     45,     line     41     [Schedule     5]     after 'ought', insert ', subject to section 54A,'.

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Mr Secretary Prescott

294

*Page     46,     line     50     [Schedule     5],     at end insert—

'Register of applications under section 53.

53B.—(1) Every surveying authority shall keep, in such manner as may be prescribed, a register containing such information as may be prescribed with respect to applications under section 53(5).     (2) The register shall contain such information as may be prescribed with respect to the manner in which such applications have been dealt with.     (3) Regulations may make provision for the register to be kept in two or more parts, each part containing such information relating to applications under section 53(5) as may be prescribed.     (4) Regulations may make provision— (a) for a specified part of the register to contain copies of applications and of the maps submitted with them, and (b) for the entry relating to any application, and everything relating to it, to be removed from any part of the register when the application (including any appeal to the Secretary of State) has been finally disposed of (without prejudice to the inclusion of any different entry relating to it in another part of the register).     (5) Every register kept under this section shall be available for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.     (6) In this section— "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations; "regulations" means regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument;     and a statutory instrument containing regulations under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.".'.

Prepared 9 Jun 2000