2023 No. 102 (W. 19)

Countryside, Wales

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Review of Maps) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Made

Laid before Senedd Cymru

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(3) and 45(1) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 20001.

Title and commencementI11

1

The title of these Regulations is the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Review of Maps) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023.

2

These Regulations come into force on 1 March 2023.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Reg. 1 in force at 1.3.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Amendment of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000I22

In section 10(2)(b)(ii) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (review of maps)2, for “ten” substitute “fifteen”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in force at 1.3.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Lesley GriffithMinister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend section 10(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) (“the Act”) in relation to Wales.

Section 10(2) of the Act prescribes the time periods within which the Natural Resources Body for Wales (as the appropriate countryside body in relation to Wales) must conduct initial and subsequent reviews of maps issued by it in conclusive form under section 9 of the Act, showing registered common land and open country in Wales.

These Regulations amend section 10(2)(b)(ii) of the Act in order to extend the maximum interval between subsequent reviews following a first review, from 10 years after the previous review, to 15 years.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.