The Access to the Countryside (Provisional and Conclusive Maps) (England) Regulations 2002

Informing the public of the issue of provisional maps

4.—(1) Where the Agency have issued a provisional map, they shall, as soon as reasonably practicable on or after the date of issue, publish a notice which—

(a) states the date of issue;

(b) describes the area of land to which the map relates;

(c) states where (in accordance with regulation 6) the map is to be made available for inspection;

(d) states how (in accordance with regulation 8) reduced scale maps may be obtained, including whether a fee is payable and, if so, what fee;

(e) states where (in accordance with regulation 9) a reduced scale map may be inspected on the internet;

(f) states, in general terms, where (by virtue of regulations 10, 11 and 12) reduced scale maps are to be made available for inspection;

(g) describes the opportunity afforded to a person under section 6 to appeal against the showing of that land on the map as registered common land or open country within the period specified in regulation 16(1), the ground on which such an appeal may be brought and how such an appeal must be brought; and

(h) states the general effect of the right conferred on the public in relation to access land by section 2(1).

(2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall be published—

(a) in such local or regional newspapers circulating in the area of land to which the map relates as the Agency consider necessary for informing the public of the issue of the map; and

(b) by being made available for inspection on a website maintained by the Agency for the period during which the map remains current.