SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 86)

60

1

The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

In section 46 (protection and maintenance of public rights of way)—

a

in subsection (2), for the words “footpath at the side of a road” there shall be substituted the word “footway”; and

b

in subsection (3), after the words “than a” there shall be inserted the word “public”.

3

In section 47 (interpretation), at the end there shall be added the following definition—

  • ; and

  • “public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

4

In section 51(1), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

5

In section 54 (power to make byelaws for the preservation of order etc.)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

the word “or” immediately following paragraph (d) shall cease to have effect;

ii

after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted the following words—

; or

f

a picnic site managed by them by virtue of section 4 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,

iii

for the words “or waterway”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “, waterway or picnic site”; and

b

in subsection (2), for the words “or waterway”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “, waterway or picnic site”.

6

In section 78(1) (interpretation)—

a

after the definition of “enactment” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“footway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

b

for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

“road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;