The Access to the Countryside (Dedication of Land) (England) Regulations 2003

Instrument of dedication

5.—(1) A dedication of land made under section 16 shall be made by an instrument of dedication, which shall include the following information—

(a) the name and postal address of the person making the dedication,

(b) the nature of the interest in the land held by the person making the dedication, and where that person holds a legal term of years absolute, the length of the unexpired term,

(c) the location and extent of the land to which the dedication relates, marked on a map on a scale of not less than 1/10,000,

(d) the name, postal address and signature of any person consenting to the dedication under section 16(2),

(e) any provisions removing or relaxing any of the general restrictions in Schedule 2 in relation to any of the land to which the dedication relates, and

(f) a statement as to whether or not it appears to the person making the dedication that any of the land to which the dedication relates consists wholly or predominantly of woodland.

(2) The instrument of dedication—

(a) shall be in writing and may be in electronic form, and

(b) shall be signed and dated by the person making the dedication.

(3) Where a dedication is made jointly with another person, the dedication shall be treated as being made on the date on which the last person required to sign under paragraph (2)(b) signs the instrument of dedication.

(4) In this regulation, “signature” or “signed”, in relation to an instrument of dedication contained in an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1), includes the incorporation in it, or the logical association with it, of an electronic signature, as defined in section 7(2) of that Act.

(1)

2000. c. 7.