The Harrogate Stray Act 1985 (UCI Road World Championships) Order 2019

Temporary disapplication and amendment of provisions of the Harrogate Stray Act 1985 and related byelaws

2.—(1) To enable the Council to facilitate the hosting of part of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, the following provisions of the Act are disapplied for the period specified in paragraph (5) in relation to the areas specified in paragraph (6)—

(a) section 4(2) to (4) (management of the Stray);

(b) section 5 (access to the Stray);

(c) section 6(4) (limitations on the ability of the Council to grant a licence to inclose the Stray for specified purposes).

(2) To enable the Council to facilitate the hosting of part of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, section 6(1)(d) of the Act is amended for the period specified in paragraph (5) so that the words “not more than 12” and “in any year” are omitted.

(3) The following are to be disregarded for the purposes of section 6 of the Act as it applies to the year in which the period specified in paragraph (5) falls (other than to that period)—

(a) any temporary encroachments of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(d) of that section during that period;

(b) any period during that period for which the Harrogate Stray is inclosed.

(4) To enable the Council to facilitate the hosting of part of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, the following provisions of the byelaws relating to the Harrogate Stray made by the Council on 8th February 2011(1) are disapplied for the period specified in paragraph (5) in relation to the areas specified in paragraph (6)—

(a) byelaw 3 (prohibition of removal of soil or plants);

(b) byelaw 17 (prohibition of use of radios etc. causing annoyance).

(5) The period specified for the purposes of paragraphs (1) to (4) begins at 07:00 on Monday 9th September 2019 and ends at 22:00 on Friday 4th October 2019.

(6) The areas specified for the purpose of paragraphs (1) and (4) are the areas shown by grey hatching and labelled “Area 1” and “Area 2” on the map prepared by the Council marked “Map 1 referred to by the Harrogate Stray Act 1985 (UCI Road World Championships) Order 2019” of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and dated 8th March 2019, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and at the offices of the Council.

(1)

A copy of the byelaws is available at the offices of Harrogate Borough Council, Civic Centre, St Luke’s Avenue, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2AE and at https://www.harrogate.gov.uk/downloads/file/332/stray_byelaws.