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2005 No. 827 (C. 34)

COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2005

  Made 18th March 2005 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 103(3) and (4) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000[1], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, interpretation and extent
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.7) Order 2005.

    (2) In this Order references to sections and Parts are references to sections and Parts of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

    (3) This Order applies in relation to England only[2].

Appointed days
     2.  - (1) 28th May 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) in so far as it relates to any access land - 

    (a) which is access land by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or (b); and

    (b) which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 25th January 2005 and 7th March 2005.

    (2) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 in so far as it relates to any access land - 

    (a) which is access land solely by virtue of section 1(1)(e); and

    (b) which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 25th January 2005 and 7th March 2005,

is 28th May 2005 or the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which the land is dedicated for the purposes of Part I under section 16 (dedication of land as access land), whichever is the later.


Alun Michael
Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

18th March 2005


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order brings into force, in relation to England only, section 2 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 for certain purposes.

It brings into force on 28th May 2005 section 2 (which introduces a new right of access to access land) in so far as it relates to access land which is shown as open country or registered common land on a map in conclusive form and which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency on 25th January 2005 and 7th March 2005 (such maps relate to the upper north west area of England and the north east area of England, respectively).

The Order also brings into force section 2 in so far as it relates to access land which is dedicated as access land under section 16 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, which is not shown as open country or registered common land on a map in conclusive form, but which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued on 25th January 2005 and 7th March 2005. The day appointed for section 2 in relation to such land is 28th May 2005 or the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which the land is dedicated under section 16, whichever is the later.

The electronic version of the maps in conclusive form, issued on 25th January 2005 and 7th March 2005, may be inspected at the offices of the Countryside Agency at John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham GL50 3RA, 3rd Floor, Bridgewater House, Whitworth Street, Manchester M1 6LT, Cross House, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE1 4XX, and 5th Floor, 1 Redcliff Street, Bristol BS1 6NP (telephone 0845 100 3298). Copies of the maps at a reduced scale may be inspected on the Countryside Agency's website (www.countryside.gov.uk/access/mapping). For information about where printed copies of such maps can be inspected and obtained, telephone 0845 100 3298.


NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)


The following provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 have been brought into force in England by commencement order made before the date of this Order:


ENGLAND
Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Section 2 (partially) 19.9.2004 2004/2173
Section 2 (partially) 14.12.2004 2004/3088
Sections 12, 13, 14, 18 and 20 19.9.2004 2004/2173
Section 46(1)(b) 1.4.2001 2001/114
Section 46(3) (partially) 1.4.2001     
Section 46(3) (partially) 19.9.2004 2004/2173
Section 57 (partially) 30.1.2001 2001/114
Section 57 (partially) 12.2.2003 2003/272
Sections 60 to 62 21.11.2002 2002/2833
Section 63 13.2.2004 2004/292
Section 68 1.4.2001 2001/114
Section 70(1) and (3) 13.2.2004 2004/292
Section 70(2) and (4) 1.4.2001 2001/114
Section 72 30.1.2001     
Part IV (and Schedules 13, 14, and 15) 1.4.2001     
Section 96 1.4.2001     
Section 97 1.4.2001     
Section 100 (partially) 30.1.2001     
Section 100(3) 1.4.2001     
Section 102 (partially) 30.1.2001     
Section 102 (partially) 1.4.2001     
Schedule 2 19.9.2004 2004/2173
Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 4, 5 and 6 1.4.2001 2001/114
Schedule 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 19.9.2004 2004/2173
Schedule 5, paragraphs 8, 10 and 11 (partially) 13.2.2004 2004/292
Schedule 6, paragraphs 1, 2, 5 (partially), 6, 8 (partially), 9 (partially), 11, 12 (partially), 13 (partially), 14 (partially), 17 (partially), 18 (partially), 19 (partially), 20, 21 (partially), 23 (partially), 24 (partially), 25 and 26 12.2.2003 2003/272
Schedule 6, paragraph 3 (partially) 13.2.2004 2004/292
Schedule 6, paragraph 18(a) (partially) 30.1.2001 2001/114
Schedule 6, paragraph 19 (partially) 30.1.2001     
Schedule 16, Part I (partially) 1.4.2001     
Schedule 16, Part II (partially) 30.1.2001     
Schedule 16, Part II (partially) 1.4.2001     
Schedule 16, Parts V and VI 1.4.2001     

WALES
The following commencement orders have been made - 

         the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.1) (Wales) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/203 (W.9) (C.10));

         the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.2) (Wales) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50));

         the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.3) (Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2615 (W.253) (C.82));

         the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.4) (Wales) Order 2004 (S.I 2004/315 (W.33) (C.16));

         the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.5) (Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1489 (W.154) (C.59)); and

         the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.6) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/423 (W.41) (C.19)).

Notes:

[1] 2000 c.37.back

[2] As to the exercise of the power to bring these provisions into force as regards Wales, see section 103(3) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.back


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