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Introductory Text
PART I INTRODUCTORY
1.Title and commencement
2.Interpretation
PART II PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND PUBLIC PATHS, ETC.
Public rights of way
3.Protection and maintenance
4.Signposting
5.Duty to maintain stiles, etc.
6.Power to authorise erection of stiles, etc., in interests of agriculture or forestry
7.Right to plough
8.Temporary diversion on account of ploughing
9.Pasturing of bulls
10.Notices deterring use of public right of way
Public paths
11.Creation by agreement
12.Compulsory powers for creation
13.Making up and maintenance
14.Closure
15.Diversion
16.Closure or diversion by Department
17.Compensation
18.Supplementary provisions as to creation, closure and diversion
19.Temporary closure or diversion
20.Cycling
Long distance routes
21.Proposals for long distance routes
22.Approval, implementation and variation of proposals
23.Ferries for purposes of long distance routes
24.Accommodation, meals and refreshment
PART III ACCESS TO OPEN COUNTRY
25.Provision for public access to open country
26.Rights of public where access agreement or order is in force
27.Consultation by district councils on access requirements
28.Access agreements
29.Access orders
30.Provisions as to land used for agricultural purposes, etc.
31.Effect of access agreement or order on rights and liabilities of persons interested in land
32.Provisions for securing safe and sufficient access
33.Power of district councils to enforce access
34.Suspension of public access to avoid risk of fire
35.Compensation for access orders
36.Compensation to be assessed with regard to effect of first five years of access
37.Claims for compensation and interest
38.Payments on account in special circumstances
39.Acquisition by district councils of land for public access
40.Acquistion by Department of land for public access
41.Maps of land subject to public access
42.Provision as to danger areas
43.Boundary notices
PART IV SUPPLEMENTARY
44.Protection for interests in the countryside
45.Parking places
46.Bye-laws
47.Default powers of Department as to bye-laws
48.Rangers
49.Supplementary provisions as to compensation
50.Financial assistance by Department
51.Financial assistance by district councils
52.Amendment of Occupiers' Liability Act (Northern Ireland) 1957
53.Crown land
54.Local inquiries
55.Regulations and orders
56.Registration of matters in Statutory Charges Register
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
ACCESS ORDERS AND PUBLIC PATH ORDERS
Making and confirmation
1.(1) Before an order to which this Schedule applies is...
2.(1) If no representations or objections are duly made, or...
3.The Department may, subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, by...
Validity and date of operation
4.(1) As soon as may be after an order to...
5.(1) If a person aggrieved by an order to which...
6.Subject to paragraph 5, an order to which this Schedule...
Variation and revocation
7.(1) In relation to an order to which this Schedule...
SCHEDULE 2
GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS TO OPEN COUNTRY UNDER PART III
Article 26 (1) shall not apply to a person who,...
SCHEDULE 3
EXCEPTED LAND
1.Land used for agriculture (other than land used for open...
2.Land comprised in a declaration under Article 16 of the...
3.Land covered by buildings or the curtilage of such land....
4.Land used for the purposes of a park, garden or...
5.Land used for the getting of minerals by surface working...
6.Land (not falling within paragraphs 1 to 5) covered by...
7.Land excepted from the application of Article 26 in accordance...
8.Land as respects which development is in course being carried...
SCHEDULE 4
PROVISIONS AS TO THE CALCULATION FOR FIXING CONSIDERATION IN RESPECT OF THE MAKING OF ACCESS AGREEMENTS
1.The district valuer shall value the land covered by the...
2.The district council shall, before or as soon as possible...
3.The first twelve month period shall begin on the day...
SCHEDULE 5
MATTERS REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED IN STATUTORY CHARGES REGISTER
In Schedule 11 to the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland)...