2004 No. 292 (C. 14)
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004
Made
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 103(3) to (5) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 20001, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, interpretation and extent1
1
This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004.
2
3
This Order applies in relation to England only4.
Appointed day2
13th February 2004 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000—
a
section 63 (removal of obstructions from highways);
b
section 70(1) (minor amendment of section 66(3) of the 1980 Act relating to works for safeguarding persons using footpaths);
c
section 70(3) (minor amendment of section 300 of the 1980 Act relating to the right of local authorities to use vehicles and appliances on footways and bridleways);
d
the following provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 5 (amendments of Part III of the 1981 Act relating to definitive maps and statements and restricted byways)—
i
paragraph 8 (consolidation of definitive maps and statements);
ii
paragraph 10 (amendment of Schedule 14 to the 1981 Act relating to applications for certain orders under Part III of that Act);
iii
paragraph 11 (amendment of Schedule 15 to the 1981 Act relating to the procedure in connection with certain orders under Part III of that Act); and
e
paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 (amendment of section 31 of the 1980 Act relating to dedication of way as highway presumed after public use for 20 years).
Transitional provisions3
1
The amendment of Schedule 15 to the 1981 Act, as mentioned in article 2(d)(iii) above, shall not apply in respect of orders made under Part III of that Act before 13th February 2004.
2
The amendment of section 31 of the 1980 Act, as mentioned in article 2(e) above, shall not apply in a case where—
a
an owner or his predecessors in title have, more than six years before 13th February 2004, deposited a map and statement in accordance with section 31(6) of the 1980 Act; and
b
that owner or his predecessors in title have not, within the period of six years ending on 12th February 2004, lodged a statutory declaration (whether or not there has been a previous declaration) in accordance with section 31(6) of the 1980 Act.
(This note is not part of the Order)
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 have been brought into force in England by commencement order made before the date of this Order.
ENGLAND
Provision | Date of Commencement | SI. No. |
---|---|---|
Section 46(1)(b) | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 46(3)(partially) | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 57 (partially) | 30.1.2001 | |
Section 57 (partially) | 12.2.2003 | |
Sections 60 to 62 | 21.11.2002 | |
Section 68 | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 70(2) and (4) | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 72 | 30.1.2001 | |
Part IV (and Schedules 13,14 and 15) | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 96 | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 97 | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 100 (partially) | 30.1.2001 | |
Section 100(3) | 1.4.2001 | |
Section 102 (partially) | 30.1.2001 | |
Section 102 (partially) | 1.4.2001 | |
Schedule 4, paragraphs 1,4,5 and 6 | 1.4.2001 | |
Schedule 6, paragraphs 1, 2, 5 (partially), 6, 8 (partially), 9 (partially), 11, 12 (partially), 13 (partially), 14 (partially), 17 (partially), 18 (partially), 19 (partially), 20, 21 (partially), 23 (partially), 24 (partially), 25 and 26 | 12.2.2003 | |
Schedule 6, paragraph 18(a) (partially) | 30.1.2001 | |
Schedule 6 paragraph 19 (partially) | 30.1.2001 | |
Schedule 16, Part I (partially) | 1.4.2001 | |
Schedule 16, Part II (partially) | 30.1.2001 | |
Schedule 16, Part II (partially) | 1.4.2001 | |
Schedule 16, Parts V and VI | 1.4.2001 |
WALES
The following commencement orders have been made—
the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/203 (W.9) (C.10));
the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50)); and
the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/2615 (W.253) (C.82)).