SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Miscellaneous statutory functions of National Park authorities

Footpaths and bridleways

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The following provisions of the M1Highways Act 1980, that is to say—

a

sections 25 to 29 (footpaths and bridleways),

b

section 72(2) (widening of public paths),

c

sections 118 to 121 (stopping up and diversion of public paths), and

d

Schedule 6 (procedure for orders),

shall have effect as if references in those sections to a local authority or council included references to a National Park authority and as if the relevant Park were the authority’s area.