Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Explanatory Notes

Background

81. The Government's intention to legislate on rights of way was announced on 8 March 1999 in The Government's Framework for Action: Access to the Countryside in England & Wales. The Government's consultation paper on rights of way, Improving Rights of Way in England and Wales(9), was published in July 1999. The responses are summarised in a report: Improving Rights of Way in England and Wales: Analysis of Responses(10).

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Published by the DETR, September 1998. Available free of charge from: DETR Free Literature, PO Box 236, Wetherby LS23 7NB. Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone]

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Published by DETR March 2000 (Full Report): Price £12 product code 99WACD1034. Available from DETR Publication Sale Centre, Goldthorpe Industrial Estate, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9DL. Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone]. A summary document is available free of charge from: DETR Free literature, PO Box 236, Wetherby LS23 7NB. Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone]. Published on the internet at: http://www.wildlife-countryside.detr.gov.uk/cl/index.htmBack [2]