SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Amendment of Enactments relating to Countryside Matters

Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)

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The Highways Act 1980 shall be amended as follows.

2

In section 105A (environmental assessment for highway projects) in subsection (6)(a), after the word “land” there shall be inserted the words “ in England ” and, at the end, there shall be inserted the words “ or the Countryside Council for Wales, if it relates to land in Wales falling within that paragraph of that subsection ”.

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In section 120 (orders for extinguishment or diversion of public paths), in subsection (2)(c), at the end there shall be inserted the words “ (if the National Park is in England) or the Countryside Council for Wales (if the National Park is in Wales) ”.