Citation, commencement and application

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Access to the Countryside (Dedication of Land) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st October 2011.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

Amendment to the Access to the Countryside (Dedication of Land) (England) Regulations 2003

2.The Access to the Countryside (Dedication of Land) (England) Regulations 2003( 2 ) are amended as follows.

Amendment to regulation 2

3. For regulation 2 substitute—

“ 2. In these Regulations—

(a) references to a numbered Chapter or section are references to that Chapter or section in Part 1 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, and

(b) references to Schedule 2 are references to Schedule 2 to that Act. ” .

Amendments to regulation 4

4. —(1) Regulation 4 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit “and” ;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (c), for the full stop substitute “, and”; and

(iii) after that sub-paragraph add —

“ (d) a statement as to whether or not the land is to be dedicated as coastal margin. ” .

Amendments to regulation 5

5. In regulation 5, in paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (e), omit “and”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (f), for the full stop substitute “, and”; and

(c) after sub-paragraph (f), add—

“ (g) a statement as to whether or not the land is dedicated as coastal margin. ” .

Amendment to regulation 6

6. In regulation 6, in paragraph (1)(d), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

Amendment to regulation 7

7. In regulation 7, after paragraph (2) add—

“ (3) A dedication previously made under section 16 (otherwise than by virtue of subsection (2A) of that section) in respect of land within subsection (2B) of that section may be amended by the persons by whom a dedication could be made, so as to provide that the land is dedicated as coastal margin for the purposes of subsection (2C) of that section.

(4) Any exclusion or restriction under Chapter 2 of access by virtue of section 2(1) which has effect in relation to land which is within subsection (2B)(b) of section 16 immediately before it is dedicated as coastal margin shall cease to have effect at the time the dedication takes effect. ” .