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Section 11.

SCHEDULE 2S General Restrictions to be observed by persons having access by virtue of Part II of this Act to land which is or which gives or forms part of access to Open Country

Section 11(1) of this Act shall not apply to a person who, upon the land in question, commits any crime or offence, or who without lawful authority,—

(a)drives or rides any vehicle;

(b)lights any fire or does any act which is likely to cause a fire;

(c)takes, or allows to enter or remain, any dog not under proper control;

(d)wilfully kills, takes or molests any animal, bird or fish or takes or injures any eggs or nests;

(e)bathes in any non-tidal water in contravention of a notice displayed near the water prohibiting bathing, being a notice displayed, and purporting to be displayed, with the approval of [F12Scottish Natural Heritage [F13, the National Park authority] or, as the case may be, the general or district planning authority];

(f)engages in any operations of or connected with hunting, shooting, fishing, snaring, taking or destroying of animals, birds or fish, or brings or has any engine, instrument or apparatus used for hunting, shooting, fishing, snaring, taking or destroying animals, birds or fish;

(g)wilfully damages the land or anything thereon or therein;

(h)obstructs the flow of any drain or watercourse, opens, shuts or otherwise interferes with any sluice-gate or other apparatus, or neglects to shut any gate or to fasten it if any means of so doing is provided;

(i)affixes or writes any advertisement, bill, placard or notice;

(j)deposits any rubbish or leaves any litter;

(k)wantonly disturbs, annoys or obstructs any person engaged in any lawful occupation.

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F13Words in Sch. 2 para. (e) inserted (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(14) (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2

Sections 14, 31, 34 and 35.

SCHEDULE 3S Provisions as to Making Confirmation, Coming into Operation and Validity of Certain Orders

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Part IS Provisions for Making and Confirming Access Orders and Certain Orders relating to Public Paths

1(1)Before [F14a body makes] F15..., a public path creation order, a public path extinguishment order or a public path diversion order [F16it] shall give notice in the prescribed form— S

[F17(a)stating the general effect of the order and that it is about to be made and, subject to paragraph 2(1A) of this Schedule, submitted for confirmation,]

(b)naming a place in the area in which the land to which the order relates is situated where a [F18draft] of the order and of the map referred to therein may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours, and

(c)specifying the time (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date of the first publication of the notice) within which, and the manner in which, representations or objections with respect to the [F19draft] order may be made.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

(3)The notices to be given under [F21sub-paragraph (1) above] shall be given—

(a)in the case of F22... a public path creation order, by publication in at least one local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land to which the order relates is situated, and by serving a like notice on every owner, occupier and tenant (except tenants for a month or any period less than a month and statutory tenants within the meaning of [F23the M1Rent (Scotland) Act 1971] of any of that land, so however that—

(i)except in the case of an owner, occupier or tenant being a local authority, local planning authority or statutory undertaker, the Secretary of State may in any particular case direct that it shall not be necessary to serve notice as aforesaid if in his opinion it is not reasonably practicable to do so, but

(ii)if the Secretary of State so directs in the case of any land, then in addition to publication the notice shall be addressed to “the owners and any occupiers” of the land (describing it) and a copy or copies of it shall be affixed to some conspicuous object or objects on the land;

(b)in the case of a public path extinguishment order or a public path diversion order, by publication and the service of notices as mentioned in head (a) of this sub-paragraph and also—

(i)by serving such a notice as is therein mentioned on every local authority and local planning authority whose area includes any of the land to which the order relates, and

(ii)by causing a copy of the notice to be displayed in a prominent position at the ends of so much of any public path as is to be closed or diverted by virtue of the order.

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F23Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

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2[F24(1A) If an authority have given notice under paragraph 1(1) above F25..., and no representations or objections are duly made in terms of paragraph 1(1)( c ) of this Schedule or if any so made are withdrawn, then, subject to the provisions of Part II of this Schedule, the order shall on being made by them have effect without their having to submit it to the Secretary of State and without his confirmation. ] S

[F26(1)In the case of an order other than one which has effect under sub-paragraph (1A) above, if] no representations or objections are duly made [F27in terms of sub-paragraph (1)(c) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule], or if any so made are withdrawn, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, confirm . . . F28 the order . . . F28 with or without modifications or conditions.

(2)If any representation or objection duly made is not withdrawn, the Secretary of State shall, before confirming . . . F28 the order, either—

(a)cause a local inquiry to be held, or

(b)afford to any person by whom any representation or objection has been duly made and not withdrawn an opportunity of being heard by a person appointed by him for the purpose.

and, after considering the report of the person appointed to hold the inquiry or to hear representations or objections, may confirm . . . F28 the order . . . F28 with or without modifications or conditions:

Provided that [F29, where objection is made by statutory undertakers to a public path creation order or a public path diversion order,] on the ground that the order provides for the creation of a right of way over land covered by works used for the purposes of their undertaking or the curtilage of such land, and the objection is not withdrawn, the order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.

(3)Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall not confirm . . . F28 an order so as to affect land not affected by the order as submitted to him . . . F28 except after—

(a)giving such notice as appears to him requisite of his proposal so to modify the order, specifying the time (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date of the first publication of the notice) within which, and the manner in which, representations or objections with respect to the proposal may be made,

(b)holding a local inquiry or affording to any person by whom any representation or objection has been duly made and not withdrawn an opportunity of being heard by a person appointed by him for the purpose, and

(c)considering the report of the person appointed to hold the inquiry or to hear representations or objections, as the case may be,

and [F30, where objection is made by statutory undertakers to a public path creation order or a public path diversion order,] on the ground that the order as modified would provide for the creation of a right of way over land covered by works used for the purposes of their undertaking or the curtilage of such land, and the objection is not withdrawn, the order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.

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3(1)Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the procedure on the submission and confirmation of orders to which this Schedule applies shall be such as may be prescribed.S

(2)Provision may be prescribed for enabling proceedings preliminary to the confirmation of a public path extinguishment order to be taken concurrently with proceedings preliminary to the confirmation of a public path creation or a public path diversion order.

Part IIS Validity and Date of Operation of Orders to which this Schedule applies

4SAs soon as may be after an order to which this Schedule applies has been confirmed . . . F31 by the Secretary of State [F32or, in the case of an order which has effect under paragraph 2(1A) of this Schedule, has made by an authority], the [F33body] by whom the order was made, . . . F31 shall publish, in the manner required in relation to the class of order in question by paragraph 1(3) of this Schedule, a notice in the prescribed form describing the general effect of the order, stating that it has been confirmed or made, and naming a place where a copy thereof as confirmed or made may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours, and—

(a)where under the said sub-paragraph (3) notice was required to be served, shall serve a like notice and a copy of the order as confirmed or made on any persons on whom notices were required to be served under that sub-paragraph; and

(b)where under the said sub-paragraph (3) a notice was required to be displayed, shall cause a like notice to be displayed in the like manner as the notice required to be displayed under that sub-paragraph:

Provided that no such notice or copy need be served on a person unless he has sent to the [F33body] . . . F31 a request in that behalf specifying an address for service.

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5SIf a person aggrieved by an order to which this Schedule applies desires to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the ground that it is not within the powers of this Act or on the ground that any requirement of this Act or of regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation thereto, he may, within six weeks from the date on which the notice required by the last foregoing paragraph is first published, make an application for the purpose to the Court of Session.

6SOn any such application as aforesaid, the Court—

(a)may by interim order suspend the operation of the order, or of any provision contained therein, either generally or in so far as it affects any property of the applicant, until the final determination of the proceedings; and

(b)if satisfied that the order, or any provision contained therein, is not within the powers of this Act or that the interests of the applicant have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any such requirement as aforesaid, may quash the order or any provision contained therein, either generally or in so far as it affects any property of the applicant.

7SSubject to the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph, an order to which this Schedule applies shall not, either before or after it has been made or confirmed, be questioned in any legal proceedings whatever, and shall become operative on the date on which the notice required by paragraph 4 above is first published, or on such later date as may be specified in the order.

8SIn relation to any order to which this Schedule applies, being an order which is subject to special parliamentary procedure, the foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall have effect subject to the following modifications—

(a)if the order is confirmed by Act of Parliament under section six of the M2Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945, paragraphs 5 to 7 shall not apply; and

(b)in any other case, paragraph 5 shall have effect as if, for the reference therein to the date on which the notice required by paragraph 4 is first published, there were substituted a reference to the date on which the order becomes operative under the said Act of 1945, and paragraph 7 shall have effect as if the words from “and shall become operative” to the end of the paragraph were omitted.

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[F34Schedule 4S Provisions as to the Calculation for Fixing Consideration in Respect of the Making of Access Agreements.

Textual Amendments

(1)SThe district valuer shall value the land covered by the access agreement, as at the first day of the twelve month period to which the consideration will relate, assuming—

(a)a sale on the open market by a willing seller; and

(b)that the use of the land is unfettered by the access agreement.

  • Before or as soon as possible after the coming into operation of an access agreement—

    (a)

    Scottish Natural Heritage [F36or the National Park authority], in relation to an agreement made by it; or

    (b)

    the general or district planning authority, in relation to an agreement made by them,

    shall agree with the owner of the interest in the land what proportion of the figure set by the district valuer should be paid by Scottish Natural Heritage [F37, the National Park authority] or, as the case may be, the general or district planning authority in respect of each twelve month period.]

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F36Words in Sch. 4 sub-para. (2)(a) inserted (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(15)(a) (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2

F37Words in Sch. 4 sub-para. (2) inserted (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 9, Sch. 3 para. 7(15)(b) (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2

(3)SThe first twelve month period shall begin on the day on which the public is first given access to the land under the agreement.]

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