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.