Part I E+W Access to the countryside

Chapter III E+W Means of access

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I Ch. III extended (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(2)(d), Sch. 20 para. 1 (with s. 308)

34 Interpretation of Chapter III. E+W

In this Chapter—

• “access land” does not include any land in relation to which the application of section 2(1) has been excluded under any provision of Chapter II either indefinitely or for a specified period of which at least six months remain unexpired;

• “means of access”, in relation to land, means—

  (a)

  any opening in a wall, fence or hedge bounding the land (or part of the land), with or without a gate, stile or other works for regulating passage through the opening,

  (b)

  any stairs or steps for enabling persons to enter on the land (or part of the land), or

  (c)

  any bridge, stepping stone or other works for crossing a watercourse, ditch or bog on the land or adjoining the boundary of the land.