2011 No. 1142
Defence

The Thetford Range Byelaws 2011

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Defence makes the following byelaws in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(1) and 15 of the Military Lands Act 18921.

In accordance with section 17(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State consulted on the proposed byelaws by causing them to be made known in the locality and considering every objection received.

Citation and commencement1.

These byelaws may be cited as the Thetford Range Byelaws 2011 and shall come into force on 5th August 2011.

Revocation2.

The Thetford Rifle Range in the County of Norfolk Byelaws 19162 are revoked.

Interpretation3.

In these byelaws—

“Appointed Person” means the Crown servant who has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Defence to be responsible for the Range Area; and

“Range Area” means the area of land shown coloured blue on the byelaws map set out in Schedule 1 and known as the Thetford Range, and shown for illustrative purposes only on the byelaws location map set out in that Schedule.

Application of byelaws4.

These byelaws apply to the Range Area.

Range Area closed to the public5.

Members of the public shall not—

(a)

enter or remain within the Range Area;

(b)

allow any animal under their control to enter or remain within the Range Area.

Requirement to use flags or lights when Range Area in use6.

When the Range Area is being used for a military purpose, notice of the fact shall be given by the raising of a red flag during daylight hours and the illumination of a light at all other times at the locations set out in the table in Schedule 2.

Contravention of byelaws7.

Any person who contravenes or attempts to contravene byelaw 5 commits an offence.

Enforcement8.

The following persons are authorised to remove from the Range Area and to take into custody without warrant any person committing an offence against these byelaws and to remove from that area any animal found there in contravention of these byelaws—

(a)

the Appointed Person;

(b)

any officer, warrant officer, or non-commissioned officer in uniform and acting under the instructions of the Appointed Person; and

(c)

any other Crown servant authorised in writing by the Appointed Person.

Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State

Andrew Robathan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence

SCHEDULE 1

Byelaw 3

Byelaws map

SCHEDULE 2

Byelaw 6

Range Area – Locations of warning flags and night lights

Byelaws Map reference number

Degrees Latitude

(European Terrestrial Reference System 89)

Degrees Longitude

(European Terrestrial Reference System 89

1

52.42048

0.67757

2

52.41959

0.68040

3

52.41863

0.68384

4

52.41775

0.68658

5

52.41691

0.68951

6

52.41575

0.69324

7

52.41488

0.69586

8

52.41380

0.69910

9

52.41340

0.70165

10

52.41245

0.70490

11

52.41049

0.70542

12

52.40910

0.70548

13

52.40831

0.70781

14

52.40772

0.70982

15

52.40579

0.71192

16

52.40540

0.71322

17

52.40502

0.71408

18

52.40336

0.71604

19

52.40169

0.71502

20

52.40022

0.71187

21

52.39850

0.70724

22

52.40011

0.70474

23

52.40015

0.70290

24

52.40075

0.70119

25

52.40057

0.69646

26

52.40270

0.69299

27

52.40256

0.69187

28

52.40272

0.68908

29

52.40377

0.68270

30

52.40560

0.67709

31

52.40740

0.67673

32

52.40875

0.67667

33

52.40922

0.68787

34

52.40492

0.75348

35

52.40902

0.66859

36

52.41048

0.66977

37

52.41157

0.67139

38

52.41285

0.67221

39

52.41295

0.67004

40

52.41456

0.67055

41

52.41569

0.67208

42

52.41709

0.67364

43

52.41815

0.67473

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Byelaws)

Part II of the Military Lands Act 1892 (c.43) (“the 1892 Act”) provides for the making of byelaws for regulating the use of land held for military purposes and for securing the safety of the public against danger arising from that use.

These byelaws regulate the area of land known as the Thetford Range in Norfolk, East Anglia (referred to as the Range Area in these byelaws).

Byelaw 5 provides that there is no public access to the Range Area at any time. The Range Area is leased and it is a condition of that lease that no rights of access are granted to the public. This byelaw does not affect any rights of access reserved to the owner of the Range Area.

Byelaw 7 provides that it is an offence to contravene byelaw 5.

The enforcement powers of constables and authorised officers are set out in section 17(2) of the 1892 Act. Constables are no longer able to exercise the power of arrest set out in that section but are able instead to use the powers of arrest set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60).

By virtue of section 17(2) of the 1892 Act, any person who commits an offence against any byelaw made under the Act is liable on conviction before a court of summary jurisdiction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale. At the time of printing the maximum fine payable is five hundred pounds (£500).

A copy of these byelaws may be inspected on the Ministry of Defence website—

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DE/OurPublications/Byelaws/EastAnglia/

Copies may be inspected on signboards erected locally. Copies may also be obtained from the Librarian, Defence Estates, Kingston Road, Sutton Coldfield B75 7RL.