Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967

54 Byelaws

(1) A local authority may, as respects land in their area belonging to them and situated in the countryside, and a local planning authority may, as respects a country park provided by them under section 48 above or as respects land or a waterway in relation to which an agreement or order has been made by them for the purpose of giving access to the public or such an order has been prepared in draft by the Secretary of State, or to which the public are given access in consequence of acquisition under Part II of this Act, make byelaws for the preservation of order, for the prevention of damage to the land, park or waterway or anything thereon or therein, and for securing that persons resorting thereto will so behave themselves as to avoid undue interference with the enjoyment of the land, park or waterway by other persons.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing subsection, byelaws under that subsection may prohibit, restrict or regulate—

(a) the use of the land, park or waterway, either generally or in any manner specified in the byelaws, by traffic of any description, or for any recreational purpose, so specified;

(b) the use of the waterway by boats which are not for the time being registered with the authority in such manner as the byelaws may provide, and may authorise the authority to make reasonable charges in respect of the registration of boats in pursuance of the byelaws;

(c) the depositing of rubbish and the leaving of litter;

(d) the lighting of fires;

and may be made so as to relate either to the whole or to any part of the land, park or waterway, and may make different provisions for different parts thereof.

(3) Before making byelaws under the foregoing provisions of this section a local authority may, and in the case of byelaws relating to an area of special planning control, shall, consult with the Commission.

(4) The Commission may, in relation to land owned or managed by them, make byelaws with respect to any of the matters mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this section.

(5) In this section " local authority " includes a local planning authority.

(6) Byelaws made under this or the next succeeding section shall not interfere with the exercise of any public right of way or navigation or of any functions of statutory undertakers or any port authority.