EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 21st May 2007, in relation to England, section 57 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to the extent that those provisions insert the following provisions into the Highways Act 1980—

a

section 119D, which provides for the diversion of certain highways for the protection of the special features of sites of special scientific interest; and

b

section 119E, which makes provisions supplementary to section 119D.

This Order also brings into force the consequential amendments in Schedule 6 to the Act relating to the above sections.