PART 1Introduction
Citation, commencement and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2007.
2
These Regulations come into force on 19th March 2007.
3
These Regulations apply in relation to England only2.
Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations references to sections are references to sections of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
2
In these Regulations—
a
“joint local access forum” means a local access forum established for an area which includes the areas or parts of the areas of two or more appointing authorities;
b
“the relevant appointing authorities” means, in relation to a local access forum, the appointing authorities for whose areas the forum is established; and
c
except where otherwise indicated—
i
any reference to a local access forum includes a joint local access forum; and
ii
in relation to a joint local access forum, any reference to an appointing authority or the appointing authority is to be interpreted as a reference to the relevant appointing authorities.