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DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/part/I/chapter/I/crossheading/maps/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/part/I/chapter/I/crossheading/maps" NumberOfProvisions="8" RestrictEndDate="2009-11-12" id="part-I-chapter-I-crossheading-maps" RestrictStartDate="2006-10-01" RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title> Maps</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2001-01-30"><Title> Maps in conclusive form.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9" id="section-9"><Pnumber>9</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1" id="section-9-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/a/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/a" id="section-9-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the time within which any appeal under section 6 may be brought in relation to a map in provisional form has expired and no appeal has been brought, or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/b/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/b" id="section-9-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>every appeal brought under that section in relation to a map has—</Text><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/b/i/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/b/i" id="section-9-1-b-i"><Pnumber>i</Pnumber><P4para><Text>been determined by the map or part of it being approved without modifications, or</Text></P4para></P4><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/b/ii/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/1/b/ii" id="section-9-1-b-ii"><Pnumber>ii</Pnumber><P4para><Text>been withdrawn,</Text></P4para></P4><Text>the appropriate countryside body shall issue the map (or the part or parts of it that have been approved without modifications) as a map in conclusive form.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/2/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/2" id="section-9-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/2/a/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/2/a" id="section-9-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>every appeal brought under section 6 in relation to a map in provisional form has been determined or withdrawn, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/2/b/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/2/b" id="section-9-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>on one or more appeals, the map or any part of it has been approved with modifications,</Text></P3para></P3><Text>the appropriate countryside body shall prepare a map which covers the area covered by the map in provisional form (or the part or parts of the map in provisional form that have been approved with or without modifications) and incorporates the modifications, and shall issue it as a map in conclusive form.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/3/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/3" id="section-9-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where either of the conditions in subsection (1)(a) and (b) is satisfied in relation to any part of a map in provisional form, the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) may direct the relevant countryside body to issue that part of the map as a map in conclusive form.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/4/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/4" id="section-9-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where on an appeal under section 6 part of a map in provisional form has been approved with modifications but the condition in subsection (2)(a) is not yet satisfied, the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) may direct the relevant countryside body to issue a map which covers the area covered by that part of the map in provisional form and incorporates the modifications, and to issue it as a map in conclusive form.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/5/2007-05-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37/section/9/5" 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