Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

85 General duty of public bodies etc. E+W

(1) In exercising or performing any functions in relation to, or so as to affect, land in an area of outstanding natural beauty, a relevant authority shall have regard to the purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the area of outstanding natural beauty.

(2) The following are relevant authorities for the purposes of this section—

(a) any Minister of the Crown,

(b) any public body,

(c) any statutory undertaker,

(d) any person holding public office.

(3) In subsection (2)—

• “public body” includes

  (a)

  a county council, county borough council, district council, parish council or community council;

  (b)

  a joint planning board within the meaning of section 2 of the M1 Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

  (c)

  a joint committee appointed under section 102(1)(b) of the M2 Local Government Act 1972;

  (d)

  [F1 a strategic planning panel established under section 60D of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;]

• “public office” means—

  (a)

  an office under Her Majesty;

  (b)

  an office created or continued in existence by a public general Act; or

  (c)

  an office the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament

• [F2 “statutory undertaker” means a person who is or is deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 85(3) inserted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 7.1.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 2 para. 21; S.I. 2021/7, reg. 2(c)

F2 Words in s. 85(3) inserted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 165; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)

Commencement Information

I1 Pt. IV (ss. 82-93) wholly in force at 1.5.2001; Pt. IV not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3); Pt. IV in force for E. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(2)(e); Pt. IV in force for W. at 1.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(g)

Marginal Citations

M1 1990 c. 8.

M2 1972 c. 70.