Part I

Access to the countryside
Chapter I

Right of access

Access under other enactments or by dedication

Rights of access under other enactments.
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1
For the purposes of section 1(1), land is to be treated as being accessible to the public apart from this Act at any time if, but only if, at that time—
a
section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (rights of the public over commons and waste lands) applies to it,
b
by virtue of a local or private Act or a scheme made under Part I of the Commons Act 1899 (as read with subsection (2)), members of the public have a right of access to it at all times for the purposes of open-air recreation (however described),
c
an access agreement or access order under Part V of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 is in force with respect to it, or
d
the public have access to it under subsection (1) of section 19 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (public access to monuments under public control) or would have access to it under that subsection but for any provision of subsections (2) to (9) of that section, or
e
the public have access to it under subsection (1) of section 55 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (public access to monuments under public control) or would have access to it under that subsection but for any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection.
2
Where a local or private Act or a scheme made under Part I of the Commons Act 1899 confers on the inhabitants of a particular district or neighbourhood (however described) a right of access to any land for the purposes of open-air recreation (however described), the right of access exercisable by those inhabitants in relation to that land is by virtue of this subsection exercisable by members of the public generally.
1925 c. 20.
1899 c. 30.
1949 c. 97.
1979 c. 46.
1899 c. 30.
S. 15(1)(e) and word inserted (4.11.2024) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), s. 212(2), Sch. 13 para. 179 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(d)