The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2002

Made: 15th October 2002

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 103(3) and (4) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 [^f00001]:

Citation and application

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2002.

• (2) This order applies to Wales.

Appointed day

2

The day appointed for the coming into force in relation to Wales of sections 60 and 61 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (rights of way improvement plans) is 1st November 2002.

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00002].

D. Elis-Thomas — The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 15th October 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1 November 2002 certain provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (“the Act”) in relation to Wales, namely:

• (1) section 60, which requires every local highway authority to prepare and publish a plan (known as a “rights of way improvement plan”) within 5 years of the coming into force of that section and to review the plan at intervals of not more than 10 years and which empowers the National Assembly for Wales to direct the authority as to the content of a plan and as to the matters to be assessed by the authority at the time a plan is prepared.

• (2) section 61, which requires the authority to consult with specified bodies (and such other persons as the National Assembly for Wales prescribes by regulations) and which requires the authority to consider representations made to them on a draft plan and to have regard to guidance given by the National Assembly for Wales.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 c. 37.

[^f00002]: 1998 c. 38.