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(1)The owner of any land consisting of moor managed for the breeding and shooting of grouse may, so far as appears to him to be necessary in connection with the management of the land for that purpose, by taking such steps as may be prescribed, provide that, during a specified period, the right conferred by section 2(1) is exercisable only by persons who do not take dogs on the land.
(2)The owner of any land may, so far as appears to him to be necessary in connection with lambing, by taking such steps as may be prescribed, provide that during a specified period the right conferred by section 2(1) is exercisable only by persons who do not take dogs into any field or enclosure on the land in which there are sheep.
(3)In subsection (2) “field or enclosure” means a field or enclosure of not more than 15 hectares.
(4)As respects any land—
(a)any period specified under subsection (1) may not be more than five years,
(b)not more than one period may be specified under subsection (2) in any calendar year, and that period may not be more than six weeks.
(5)A restriction imposed under subsection (1) or (2) does not prevent a blind person from taking with him a trained guide dog, or a deaf person from taking with him a trained hearing dog.
[F1(6)Nothing in this section applies in relation to land which is coastal margin.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 23(6) added (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (England) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/558), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17
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