The Ot Moor Range Byelaws 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Byelaws)

Part II of the Military Lands Act 1892 (c.43) provides for the making of byelaws for regulating the use of land held for military purposes, and for securing the safety of the public where public use of that land is permitted and for the government of that land when so used by the public.

These byelaws regulate the area of land known as Ot Moor Range. Public access is permitted in the Controlled Area when it is not closed to the public because it is being used for military purposes. There is a general ban on the use of motor vehicles other than invalid carriages within the site. These byelaws also permit the temporary closure of the bridleways that lie within Ot Moor Range whilst the land is being used for the purpose it was appropriated for. When the Controlled Area is close, the bridleways are also closed to the public.

During any time that the land is being used for military purposes and is closed to the public and depending on the time of day and weather conditions either flags or lights or both are used to give notice that the area is closed at the locations set out in Schedule 2 and barriers or notices may be placed across the bridleways at the points at which they enter the site.

These byelaws revoke the Otmoor Range Byelaws 1980.

The byelaws are displayed on signboards erected locally. A copy of the byelaws may also be obtained from the Librarian, Defence Estates, Kingston Road, Sutton Coldfield B75 7RL or found on the Ministry of Defence website at—

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DIO/WhatWeDo/Byelaws

By section 17(2) of the Military Lands Act 1892 any person who commits an offence against any byelaw made under the Act, is liable, on conviction before a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale. At the time of printing the maximum fine on level 2 is five hundred pounds (£500).

Any person seeking a permission under byelaw 7(b) should apply in writing to the Byelaws Appointed Person, MOD, Training Areas and Range Officer, Army Training Estate (Home Counties), Longmoor Camp, Longmoor, Liss, Hampshire, GU33 6EL.