Citation, interpretation and extent

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.10) Order 2005.

(2) In this Order references to sections, Parts and Schedules are references to sections and Parts of, and Schedules to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

(3) This Order applies in relation to England only( 2 ).

Appointed days

2. —(1) 31st October 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions—

(a) section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) in so far as it relates to any access land—

(i) which is access land by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or (b); and

(ii) which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 1st July 2005 and 16th August 2005;

(b) section 102 (which introduces Schedule 16) in so far as it relates to the provisions in Schedule 16 referred to in sub-paragraph (c) below;

(c) Part I of Schedule 16 (repeals relating to access to the countryside) in so far as it relates to:

(i) paragraph 35A of Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1972( 3 ); and

(ii) paragraph 13 of Schedule 6 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994( 4 ).

(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 in so far as it relates to any access land—

(a) which is access land solely by virtue of section 1(1)(e); and

(b) which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 1st July 2005 and 16th August 2005,

is 31st October 2005 or the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which the land is dedicated for the purposes of Part I under section 16 (dedication of land as access land), whichever is the later.