2(1)Subsection (4) of section 77 of the [1949 c. 97.] National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (under which the power to acquire land for public access to the open country in a National Park is in certain circumstances exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) shall cease to have effect.
(2)Accordingly, in subsection (5) of that section, for the words from the beginning to "be" there shall be substituted the words " The Secretary of State ".