The Access to the Countryside (Exclusions and Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2003

Notice of exclusion or restriction of access under section 22 E+W

4.—(1) Notice given by an entitled person to the relevant authority under section 22(1) for the purpose of excluding or restricting the right of access to any land shall state—

(a) the name and postal address of the entitled person;

(b) the nature of the entitled person’s interest in the land;

(c) the location and extent of the land to be affected by the exclusion or restriction, sufficiently to enable it to be identified by the authority, whether by marking it on a map or otherwise;

(d) the days and, if for less than twenty-four hours in a single day, the times during which the exclusion or restriction is to apply; and

(e) the purpose of the exclusion or restriction and, in the case of a restriction, the nature of it.

(2) Notice of any information under paragraph (1) may be given to a relevant authority by instalments, and shall be regarded as having been received by the authority when they have received all the required information.

(3) Notice of the information referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) shall be given to the relevant authority in writing.

(4) Notice of the information referred to in paragraph (1)(c), (d) and (e) shall be given to the relevant authority in writing or, subject to paragraph (8), by telephone.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6), notice given by an entitled person under paragraph (1) excluding or restricting access shall not have effect until the expiry of five working days after the day on which it is received by the relevant authority.

(6) Notice given by an entitled person under paragraph (1) excluding or restricting the right of access for no more than four hours, or for no more than five days in relation to not more than five hectares of land, shall not have effect unless—

(a) the notice is received by the relevant authority not less than two hours before the time at which the exclusion or restriction is to commence, and

(b) the exclusion or restriction will not prevent access to any other land to which there is a right of access at such time.

(7) Notice given under paragraph (1), other than notice of an exclusion or restriction mentioned in paragraph (6), may be withdrawn by the entitled person by further notice to the relevant authority in writing or, subject to paragraph (8), by telephone, provided that such notice is received by the authority not less than two working days before the time at which the exclusion or restriction is to commence.

(8) Where, pursuant to this regulation, notice of any matter is given by telephone, it shall not be effective unless the relevant authority indicate during the course of the telephone conversation in which the information is given to them that they are satisfied as to the identity of the person giving it, and—

(a) in the case of any information given for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), that the location and extent of the land are sufficiently described to enable the authority to identify the land;

(b) in the case of any information given for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), that it is sufficient to enable the authority to understand the purpose of the exclusion or restriction in question and, in the case of a restriction, the nature of it.