[F18E+W+SSection 206 of that Act shall have effect as if—
(a)in subsection (1), for “Where" there were substituted “Subject to subsection (1A), where"; and
(b)the following subsection were inserted after that subsection—
"(1A)Where any land has been acquired by an urban development corporation or has vested in such a corporation and is for the time being held by them for the purpose of regenerating their area—
(a)the Secretary of State may by order extinguish any public right of way over the land if he is satisfied that an alternative right of way has been or will be provided or that the provision of an alternative right of way is not required;
(b)subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 16 to this Act, the urban development corporation may by order extinguish any such right over the land, being a footpath or bridleway, if they are so satisfied."]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 30 Pt. II paras. 1-14 substituted (27.5.1997) for Sch. 30 Pt. II paras. 1-9 by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 31(12)