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(1)In section 5 of the National Parks and Access to the M1Countryside Act 1949 (National Parks) for subsection (1) (which provides that Part II of that Act has effect for the purpose of preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the areas specified in subsection (2) of that section and for the purpose of promoting their enjoyment by the public) there shall be substituted—
“(1)The provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect for the purpose—
(a)of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the areas specified in the next following subsection; and
(b)of promoting opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of those areas by the public.”
(2)The amendment made by subsection (1) above is without prejudice to the continuing validity of any designation of an area as a National Park under subsection (3) of that section.
(3)The following enactments (which refer to the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the National Parks and Access to the M2Countryside Act 1949), that is to say—
(a)sections 6(3) and (4)(g), 11 and 101(3) of that Act, and
(b)sections 2(5)(b) and 13(4) of the M3Countryside Act 1968,
shall have effect in accordance with subsection (4) below.
(4)In the application of any provision specified in subsection (3) above, any reference to the purposes specified in subsection (1) of section 5 of the National Parks and Access to the M4Countryside Act 1949—
(a)in relation to any particular National Park, shall be construed as a reference to the substituted purposes as from the time when a National Park authority becomes the local planning authority for that Park; and
(b)in relation to National Parks generally, shall be construed as a reference—
(i)to the original purposes, so far as relating to National Parks in the case of which the National Park authority has not become the local planning authority since the coming into force of this section, and
(ii)to the substituted purposes, so far as relating to National Parks in the case of which the National Park authority has become the local planning authority since the coming into force of this section.
(5)In subsection (4) above—
“original purposes” means the purposes specified in subsection (1) of section 5 of that Act, as originally enacted;
“substituted purposes” means the purposes specified in that subsection as substituted by subsection (1) above.
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