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

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Mr Secretary Prescott

273

Page     69,     line     32     [Schedule     6],     at end insert—

      '( ) after the definition of "cycle track" there is inserted—

            ' "definitive map and statement" has the same meaning as in Part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;";'.


   

Mr Harry Barnes

302

*Page     75,     line     12     [Schedule     7],     leave out from 'is' to first 'to' in line 13.

   

Mr Harry Barnes

303

*Page     75     [Schedule     7],     leave out line 14.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

45

Page     75,     line     14     [Schedule     7],     leave out 'prima facie'.

   

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

135

Page     75,     line     32     [Schedule     7],     at end insert—

    '(5A) A person shall be deemed to have and to always have had lawful authority if that person is driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on to or upon a way or track across common land in order to gain access to or egress from a dwellinghouse where the access is across that common land.'.

   

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

136

Page     75,     line     32,     [Schedule     7],     at end insert—

    '(5A) Where a way across a common has been used as the vehicular access to a dwellinghouse as of right and without the access having been called into question by proceedings for 20 years prior to 3rd November 1999 then any person shall have lawful authority to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle to and from the dwellinghouse.'.

   

Mr Tim Collins

131

Page     75,     line     40     [Schedule     7],     at end insert—

    '5A. After section 34 of that Act there is inserted—

            "34A.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section any person who, without lawful authority, drives or parks a mechanically propelled vehicle on a highway other than a made-up carriageway is guilty of an offence.

            (2) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under subsection 1 if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the vehicle was driven or (as the case may be) parked in contravention of that subsection for the purpose of—

            (a) saving life, or extinguishing fire or meeting any other like emergency, or

            (b) taking part in an activity which is wholly and necessarily involved in agriculture

            (c) that the vehicle was owned or operated by a highway authority or by a person discharging functions on behalf of a highway authority and was driven or (as the case may be) parked in contravention of that subsection in connection with the carrying out by or on behalf of that authority of any of the following, that is, the cleansing, maintenance or improvement of, or the maintenance or alteration of any structure or other work situated in, the carriageway or its verges.

            (3) "Made-up carriageway" shall have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980.

            (4) For the purpose of this section a highway shall not be deemed to be provided with a surface suitable for the passenger of vehicles if the surface or any section of the surface is made up in whole or in part of stones or other similar material which are not set into some other form of material intended to bind the same together and to form a continuous surface.

            (5) A highway authority or in a National Park a National Park Authority may by order (a "traffic authorisation order") declare that a carriageway which is not a made-up carriage way may be used by a mechanically propelled vehicle or mechanically propelled vehicles of any class specified in the order whether generally or on a particular occasion or occasions, at all times or at times on days or during periods so specified or in any other specified circumstances or subject to any specified conditions.

            (6) It shall be the duty of every authority upon whom functions are conferred by this section before making a traffic authorisation order to have regard to the following matters:—

            (a) the desirability of securing and maintaining access to premises,

            (b) the need to ensure that damages is not caused to the surface of the carriageway,

            (c) the need to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the carriageway and land in the vicinity of the carriageway.'.


   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

46

Page     77     [Schedule     8],     leave out line 18.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

47

Page     77,     line     44     [Schedule     8],     at end insert '; or

      (c) where subsequent notification under section 28(1) has been given and confirmed under section 28(5) in relation to an area of land previously notified under section 28(1) then the previous notification shall cease to have effect.'.


   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

93

Page     79,     line     6     [Schedule     8],     at end insert—

      '( ) that the operation is carried out in accordance with the terms of an agreement with any of the authorities specified in section 28E(3) of this Act'.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

281

Page     81,     line     16     [Schedule     8],     leave out from 'functions' to end of line 17 and insert 'so far as their exercise is likely to affect the flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features by reason of which a site of special scientific interest is of special interest.'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

48

Page     81,     line     17     [Schedule     8],     at end insert 'and in relation to land not included in a site of special scientific interest where the exercise of its functions would affect such land.'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

49

Page     81,     line     41     [Schedule     8],     after 'functions,', insert 'any operation specified in a notification made under section 28(1) and any'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

94

Page     81,     line     41     [Schedule     8],     leave out 'operations likely to' and insert 'any operation specified in a notification made under section 28(1)(b) or which may'.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

216

Page     84,     line     30     [Schedule     8],     leave out 'terms appearing to them to be reasonable' and insert 'reasonable terms'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

95

Page     84,     line     31     [Schedule     8],     leave out 'them to'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

282

Page     84,     line     51     [Schedule     8],     after 'land' insert ', and any other land,'.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

217

Page     87,     line     6     [Schedule     8],     leave out 'terms appearing to them to be reasonable' and insert 'reasonable terms'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

96

Page     87,     line     6     [Schedule     8],     leave out 'them to'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

283

Page     87,     line     47     [Schedule     8],     at beginning insert 'subject to subsection (4A),'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

284

Page     87,     line     49     [Schedule     8],     after '1990' insert 'or permitted by a section 28E authority which has acted in accordance with section 28G'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

285

Page     87,     line     54     [Schedule     8],     at end insert—

    '(4A) If an operation needs both a planning permission and the permission of a section 28E authority, subsection (4)(a) does not provide reasonable excuse unless both have been obtained.'


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

286

Page     88,     line     5     [Schedule     8],     after 'interest,' insert 'or intentionally or recklessly disturbs any of those fauna,'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

50

Page     88,     line     5     [Schedule     8],     after 'interest', insert 'or the habitats or species upon which the notified interest depends in so far as such destruction or damage is likely to be significant in relation to the interest notified under section 28(1).'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Tom Brake

51

Page     88,     line     5     [Schedule     8],     at end insert—

      '( ) intentionally or recklessly disturbs any of the flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features by reason of which land is of special interest, in so far as such disturbance is likely to be significant in relation to the notification under section 28(1).'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

287

Page     88,     line     6     [Schedule     8],     leave out 'or damaged lay' and insert ', damaged or disturbed was'.

   

Mr Geraint Davies

138

Page     88     [Schedule     8],     leave out lines 18 to 20.

   

Mr Geraint Davies

137

Page     88,     line     22     [Schedule     8],     at end insert—

    '(10) Where an offence under any provision of this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

    (11) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (10) above shall apply in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.'.

 
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