Part I Access to the countryside
Chapter I Right of access
Maps
4 Duty to prepare maps.
1
It shall be the duty of the Countryside Agency to prepare, in respect of England outside Inner London, maps which together show—
a
all registered common land, and
b
all open country.
2
It shall be the duty of the Countryside Council for Wales to prepare, in respect of Wales, maps which together show—
a
all registered common land, and
b
all open country.
3
Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to the following provisions of this section and to the provisions of sections 5 to 9.
4
A map prepared under this section must distinguish between open country and registered common land, but need not distinguish between different categories of open country.
5
In preparing a map under this section, the appropriate countryside body—
a
may determine not to show as open country areas of open country which are so small that the body consider that their inclusion would serve no useful purpose, and
b
may determine that any boundary of an area of open country is to be treated as coinciding with a particular physical feature (whether the effect is to include other land as open country or to exclude part of an area of open country).