http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97/section/59/2001-04-01National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949An Act to make provision for National Parks and the establishment of a National Parks Commission; to confer on the Nature Conservancy and local authorities powers for the establishment and maintenance of nature reserves; to make further provision for the recording, creation, maintenance and improvement of public paths and for securing access to open country, and to amend the law relating to rights of way; to confer further powers for preserving and enhancing natural beauty; and for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid.1949-12-16texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-182001-04-01 Part V Access to Open Country Provision for public access to open country. <CommentaryRef Ref="c642059"/>591The provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect for enabling the public to have access for open-air recreation to open country—ato which the provisions of the next following section are applied by an agreement under this Part of this Act (hereinafter referred to as an “access agreement”) or by an order under this Part of this Act (hereinafter referred to as an “access order”),bacquired under this Part of this Act for the purpose of giving to the public access thereto.2In this Part of this Act the expression “open country” means any area appearing to the authority with whom an access agreement is made or to the authority by whom an access order is made or by whom the area is acquired, as the case may be, to consist wholly or predominantly of mountain, moor, heath, down, cliff or foreshore (including any bank, barrier, dune, beach, flat or other land adjacent to the foreshore).Definition of “open country” extended by Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41, SIF 46:1), s. 16(1)(2)(6)Pt. V restricted and (in respect of ss. 64-82) amended by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33, SIF 81:1), s. 60(5); restricted by Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41, SIF 46:1), s. 16(7), amended ibid., s. 16(4)Pt. V restricted (prosp.) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 46(2), 103(3) (with s. 43)
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Provision for public access to open country.
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restricted and (in respect of ss. 64-82) amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/33" id="c00888" Year="1963" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="33" Title="London Government Act 1963">London Government Act 1963 (c. 33, SIF 81:1)</Citation>
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; restricted by
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restricted (
<Emphasis>prosp.</Emphasis>
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<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37" id="c00893" Year="2000" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="37">2000 c. 37</Citation>
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