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The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2002

Byways

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2014-11-26

COUNTRYSIDE, WALES

This Order brings into force on 1 November 2002 certain provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (“the Act”) in relation to Wales, namely:section 60, which requires every local highway authority to prepare and publish a plan (known as a “rights of way improvement plan”) within 5 years of the coming into force of that section and to review the plan at intervals of not more than 10 years and which empowers the National Assembly for Wales to direct the authority as to the content of a plan and as to the matters to be assessed by the authority at the time a plan is prepared.section 61, which requires the authority to consult with specified bodies (and such other persons as the National Assembly for Wales prescribes by regulations) and which requires the authority to consider representations made to them on a draft plan and to have regard to guidance given by the National Assembly for Wales.