Appointed day2

11 May 2006 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2000 Act–

a

section 47 (redesignation of roads used as public paths);

b

section 48 (restricted byway rights);

c

section 49 (provisions supplementary to sections 47 and 48);

d

section 50 (private rights over restricted byways);

e

section 51 (amendments relating to definitive maps and statements and restricted byways) insofar as it gives effect to the provisions in Schedule 5 referred to in sub-paragraphs (f) and (g) below;

f

in Part I–

i

paragraph 1 (duty to keep definitive map and statement under continuous review);

ii

paragraph 5 (no further surveys or reviews under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949);

iii

paragraph 6 (effect of definitive map and statement);

iv

paragraph 9 (interpretation of Part III);

g

Part II;

h

Section 102 insofar as it relates to the provisions in Schedule 16 (repeals relating to public rights of way and road traffic) referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) to (k) below;

i

Part II insofar as it repeals section 54 of the 1981 Act;

j

Part II insofar as it repeals section 56(5) of the 1981 Act;

k

Part II insofar as it repeals part of section 57(1) of the 1981 Act;

l

section 57 (creation, stopping up and diversion of highways) insofar as it gives effect to the provision referred to in sub-paragraph (n) below;

m

section 69(2) (amendment of section 147(5) of the 1980 Act relating to the interpretation of references to agricultural land and to land being brought into use for agriculture for the purposes of section 147 of the 1980 Act);

n

sub-paragraph (8) of paragraph 23 of Schedule 6 to the extent that that sub-paragraph is not already in force.