SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Miscellaneous statutory functions of National Park authorities

Footpaths and bridleways

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M1The following provisions of the Highways Act 1980, that is to say—

(a)

sections 25 to 29 (footpaths and bridleways),

(b)

section 72(2) (widening of public paths),

F1(c)

sections 118 to 121E (stopping up and diversion of public paths, etc.), except sections 118B and 119B (stopping up and diversion for purposes of crime prevention, etc.), and

(d)

Schedule 6 (procedure for orders),

shall have effect as if references in those sections to a local authority or council included references to a National Park authority and as if the relevant Park were the authority’s area.