New Forest Act 1964

6 Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1949

Section 18(1) of the Act of 1949 shall have effect as if the following paragraph were added at the end thereof:—

“(e) with the agreement of the verderers authorise the appropriation by the Forestry Commissioners of land forming part of the open waste lands of the Forest for camping sites, the provision by the Forestry Commissioners or their agents on such land for the use of those occupying such camping sites of any services or facilities for their health or convenience, the erection by the Forestry Commissioners on such land of buildings or other works for use in connection with the provision of such services or facilities and the enclosure by the Forestry Commissioners of land so appropriated in so far as its enclosure is necessary to preserve the land for use for those purposes.”