SCHEDULE 12 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

PART 1 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS: GENERAL

19National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c.97)

1

The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

For section 26 substitute—

26 Application of Part III to Scotland

In the application of this Part of this Act to Scotland the expression “limited owner”, in relation to land, means a liferenter in possession of that land.

3

In section 114(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “owner”—

a

after the words “except in Part III of this Act” insert “ or in relation to Scotland, ”; and

b

the words “and as respects Scotland has the meaning assigned to it by section twenty-six of this Act” shall cease to have effect.