Access ordersN.I.
29.—(1) A district council may make an access order.
(2) An access order shall be submitted to the Department and shall not have effect unless the Department confirms it.
(3) The district council shall not make an access order as respects any land—
(a)if an access agreement is in force which in the opinion of the district council adequately secures the public access to the open country in question for open-air recreation;
(b)where such an agreement is not in force, unless it appears to the district council impracticable to secure the making of such an agreement.
(4) An access order shall be in such form as may be prescribed.
(5) Schedule 1 shall apply to an access order.
(6) The Department shall not confirm an access order before bye-laws have been made and confirmed under Article 46 (bye-laws) or made under Article 47 (default powers of Department as to bye-laws).