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2001 No. 114 (C.4)

COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2001

  Made 22nd January 2001 

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 103(3), (4) and (5) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000[1] ("the Act"), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, interpretation and extent
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2001.

    (2) In this Order references to sections, Parts and Schedules are references to sections and Parts of, and Schedules to, the Act.

    (3) This Order applies in relation to England only[
2].

Appointed days
     2.  - (1) 30th January 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act - 

    (2) 1st April 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act - 

Transitional provision
     3. The repeal of section 134(5) of the 1980 Act commenced by article 2(2)(d) and (1) shall not have effect in relation to any offence under section 134 of that Act committed before 1st April 2001.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.


Michael Meacher
Minister of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

22nd January 2001



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 ("the Act") in relation to England only.

It brings into force on 30th January 2001 the following provisions of the Act:

    (1) section 57 in relation to paragraphs 18(A) and 19 of Schedule 6 which amend the Highways Act 1980, and which are also commenced, but only to the extent that they make changes relating to rail crossing extinguishment and diversion orders,

    (2) section 72 which contains the interpretation provisions for Part II of the Act,

    (3) section 100 (which relates to the application of the Act to the Isles of Scilly) with the exception of subsections (3) and (5)(a), and

    (4) section 102 (which introduces the repeals Schedule) in relation to certain repeals in Schedule 16 which are also commenced.

Apart from minor and consequential repeals and amendments, the Order also brings into force on 1st April 2001:

    (1) section 68 which relates to vehicular access over common land,

    (2) Part IV of and Schedules 13 and 14 to the Act which amend the law relating to areas of outstanding natural beauty and section 100(3) which applies those provisions to the Isles of Scilly, and

    (3) section 97 which places a duty on public bodies in relation to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.

Article 3 ensures that section 134(5) of the Highways Act 1980 (which limits the persons who may prosecute an offence under section 134(4)) will continue to apply in relation to offences committed before 1 April 2001.


Notes:

[1] 2000 c. 37.back

[2] As to the exercise of the power to bring these provisions into force as regards Wales, see section 103 of the Act.back

[3] See the definition of the 1980 Act in section 104 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.back

[4] 1984 c. 27.back

[5] 1949 c. 97.back

[6] See the definition of the 1981 Act in section 104 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.back

[7] 1925 c. 20.back

[8] 1972 c. 70.back

[9] 1994 c. 19.back



ISBN 0 11 019116 1


 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 30 January 2001


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