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Part IIE+W+S Public rights of way and road traffic
Public rights of way and definitive maps and statementsE+W
48 Restricted byway rights.E+W
(7)In subsections (4) and (6) “mechanically propelled vehicle” does not include a vehicle falling within paragraph (c) of section 189(1) of the M2Road Traffic Act 1988.
I3S. 48 in force at 2.5.2006 for E. by S.I. 2006/1172, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)
I4S. 48 in force at 11.5.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/1279, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)
49 Provisions supplementary to ss. 47 and 48.E+W
(2)As from the commencement of that section, any liability, under a special enactment (within the meaning of the M3Highways Act 1980) or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, to maintain, otherwise than as a highway maintainable at the public expense, a restricted byway to which subsection (1) applies is extinguished.
(a)paragraph 9 of Part III of Schedule 3 to the M4Countryside Act 1968, or
(5)Nothing in section 48, or in section 53 of the 1981 Act, limits the operation of orders under the M5Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or the operation of any byelaws.
I5S. 49 in force at 2.5.2006 for E. by S.I. 2006/1172, art. 2(c)
I6S. 49 in force at 11.5.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/1279, art. 2(c)
M31980 c. 66.
I7S. 50 in force at 2.5.2006 for E. by S.I. 2006/1172, art. 2(d)
I8S. 50 in force at 11.5.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/1279, art. 2(d)
51 Amendments relating to definitive maps and statements and restricted byways.E+W
I9S. 51 in force at 31.5.2005 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2005/1314, art. 2(a)
I10S. 51 in force at 27.9.2005 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2005/2459, art. 2(1)(a)(2)(a)
I11S. 51 in force at 21.11.2005 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2005/1314, art. 4(a)
I12S. 51 in force at 2.5.2006 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2006/1172, art. 2(e)
I13S. 51 in force at 11.5.2006 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2006/1279, art. 2(e)
I14S. 51 in force at 18.2.2008 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2008/308, art. 2(a)
(5)Where by virtue of subsection (3) a highway ceases to be a bridleway, the right of way created over it by section 30 of the M6Countryside Act 1968 (riding of pedal cycles on bridleways) is also extinguished.
“mechanically propelled vehicle” does not include a vehicle falling within paragraph (c) of section 189(1) of the M7Road Traffic Act 1988.
M71988 c. 52.
54 Excepted highways and rights of way.E+W
(a)it subsists over land over which there subsists on the cut-off date any public right of way created on or after 1st January 1949 otherwise than by virtue of section 30 of the M8Countryside Act 1968 (riding of pedal cycles on bridleways),
M81980 c. 66.
55 Bridleway rights over ways shown as bridleways.E+W
(b)an area which, at any time before the repeal by section 73 of the 1981 Act of sections 27 to 34 of the National Parks and Access to the M9Countryside Act 1949—
Creation, stopping up and diversion of highwaysE+W
57 Creation, stopping up and diversion of highways.E+W
The M10Highways Act 1980 (in this Act referred to as “the 1980 Act”) has effect subject to the amendments in Part I of Schedule 6 (which relate to the creation, stopping up and diversion of highways); and Part II of that Schedule (which contains consequential amendments of other Acts) has effect.
I15S. 57 partly in force; s. 57 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3); s. 57 in force for certain purposes for E. at 30.1.2001 by S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(1)(a); s. 57 in force for certain purposes for W. at 1.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(c)
I16S. 57 in force at 12.2.2003 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2003/272, art. 2(a)
I17S. 57 in force at 31.5.2005 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2005/1314, art. 2(b)
I18S. 57 in force at 15.7.2005 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2005/1314, art. 3
I19S. 57 in force at 27.9.2005 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2005/2459, art. 2(2)(c)
I20S. 57 in force at 21.11.2005 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2005/1314, art. 4(b)
I21S. 57 in force at 11.5.2006 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2006/1279, art. 2(l)
I22S. 57 in force at 6.12.2006 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2006/3257, art. 2(a)
I23S. 57 in force at 21.5.2007 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2007/1493, art. 2
58 Application for path creation order for purposes of Part I.E+W
[F1(1)An application for the making of a public path creation order under section 26(2) of the 1980 Act may be made—
(b)for the purpose of enabling the public to obtain access to any access land (within the meaning of Part 1) or of facilitating such access, by [F2the Natural Resources Body for Wales] to the National Assembly for Wales.]
F1S. 58(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 159; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F2Words in s. 58(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 406 (with Sch. 7)
means a way over which the public have the following, but no other, rights of way, that is to say, a right of way on pedal cycles (other than pedal cycles which are motor vehicles within the meaning of the M11Road Traffic Act 1988) with or without a right of way on foot; but
I24S. 60 wholly in force at 21.11.2002; s. 60 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3)(4); s. 60 in force for W. at 1.11.2002 by S.I. 2002/2615, art. 2; s. 60 in force for E. at 21.11.2002 by S.I. 2002/2833, art. 2
(f)[F3Natural England] or [F4the Natural Resources Body for Wales] (as appropriate);
“the Broads” has the same meaning as in the M12Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.
F3Words in s. 61(1)(f) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 160; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F4Words in s. 61(1)(f) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 406 (with Sch. 7)
I25S. 61 wholly in force at 21.11.2002; s. 61 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3)(4); s. 61 in force for W. at 1.11.2002 by S.I. 2002/2615, art. 2; s. 61 in force for E. at 21.11.2002 by S.I. 2002/2833, art. 2
I26S. 62 partly in force; s. 62 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3)(4); s. 62 in force for E. at 21.11.2002 by S.I. 2002/2833, art. 2
Removal of obstructions from highwaysE+W
63 Enforcement of duty to prevent obstructions.E+W
“130A Notices to enforce duty regarding public paths.
130B Orders following notice under section 130A.
130C Section 130B: procedure.
130D Section 130B: costs.
Where an application under section 130B above is dismissed by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (5) of that section, the court, in determining whether and if so how to exercise its power under section 64(1) of the M13Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (costs), shall have particular regard to any failure by the highway authority to give the applicant appropriate notice of, and information about, the grounds relied on by the authority under that paragraph.”
(2)In section 317 of the 1980 Act (appeals to the Crown Court from decisions of magistrates’ courts) after subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(3)Any person who, in relation to the decision of a magistrates’ court on an application under section 130B above, does not fall within subsection (1) above but—
I27S. 63 in force at 13.2.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/292, art. 2(a)
I28S. 63 in force at 1.4.2004 for W. by S.I. 2004/315, art. 2(a)
64 Power to order offender to remove obstruction.E+W
(1)After section 137 of the 1980 Act (penalty for wilful obstruction) there is inserted—
“137ZA Power to order offender to remove obstruction.
(1)Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 137 above in respect of the obstruction of a highway and it appears to the court that—
(a)the obstruction is continuing, and
(b)it is in that person’s power to remove the cause of the obstruction,
the court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any punishment, order him to take, within such reasonable period as may be fixed by the order, such steps as may be specified in the order for removing the cause of the obstruction.
(3)If a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with an order under subsection (1) above, he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and if the offence is continued after conviction he is guilty of a further offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one-twentieth of that level for each day on which the offence is so continued.
(4)Where, after a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (3) above, the highway authority for the highway concerned exercise any power to remove the cause of the obstruction, they may recover from that person the amount of any expenses reasonably incurred by them in, or in connection with, doing so.
(5)A person against whom an order is made under subsection (1) above is not liable under section 137 above in respect of the obstruction concerned—
(a)during the period fixed under that subsection or any extension under subsection (2) above, or
(b)during any period fixed under section 311(1) below by a court before whom he is convicted of an offence under subsection (3) above in respect of the order.”
(2)Subsection (1) does not have effect in relation to any offence under section 137 of the 1980 Act committed before the commencement of this section.
(1)In section 22 of the M14Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (traffic regulation for special areas in the countryside), in subsection (1)(a)—
(c)any road which is a trunk road, a classified road, a GLA road, a cycle track, a bridleway or a footpath, as those expressions are defined by section 329 of the M15Highways Act 1980.
M151980 c. 66.
67 Prohibition on driving mechanically propelled vehicles elsewhere than on roads.E+W+S
Schedule 7 (which makes amendments relating to the driving of mechanically propelled vehicles elsewhere than on roads) has effect.
68 Vehicular access across common land etc.E+W
[F5(1)This section applies to a way which the owner or occupier (from time to time) of any premises has used as a means of access for vehicles to the premises, if that use of the way—
a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the premises, whether in possession or in reversion, or
a tenant under a long lease, within the meaning of the M16Landlord and Tenant Act 1987;
(6)Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, and no such regulations shall be made by the Secretary of State unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]
F5S. 68 repealed (6.9.2007 for W., 1.10.2007 for E.) by Commons Act 2006 (c. 26), ss. 51, 56, Sch. 6 Pt. 5 (with s. 60); S.I. 2006/2504, art. 2(d); S.I. 2007/2386, art. 3(j)(s)
I29S. 68 wholly in force at 1.5.2001; s. 68 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3); s. 68 in force for E. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(2)(c); s. 68 in force for W. at 1.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(d)
M161987 c. 31
69 Erection or improvement of stiles, etc.E+W
(1)In section 147 of the 1980 Act (power to authorise erection of stiles etc on footpath or bridleway) after subsection (2) there is inserted—
“147ZA Agreements relating to improvements for benefit of persons with mobility problems.
(1)With respect to any relevant structure, a competent authority may enter into an agreement with the owner, lessee or occupier of the land on which the structure is situated which provides—
I30S. 69(1)(3) in force at 6.12.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/3257, art. 2(b)
I31S. 69(1) (3)-(5) in force at 1.10.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/2595, art. 2
I32S. 69(2) in force at 27.9.2005 for E. by S.I. 2005/2459, art. 2(1)(d)
I33S. 69(2) in force at 11.5.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/1279, art. 2(m)
70 Minor amendments.E+W
(1)In section 66(3) of the 1980 Act (works for safeguarding persons using footpaths)—
(4)In section 21(2)(b) of the M17Road Traffic Act 1988 (defence to charge of driving or parking on cycle track for highway authority vehicles), after “verges” there is inserted “ , or the preventing or removing of obstructions to the cycle track or the preventing or abating in any other way of nuisances or other interferences with the cycle track, ”.
I34S. 70 partly in force; s. 70 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3); s. 70(2)(4) in force for E. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(2)(d) (with art. 3); s. 70(2)(4) in force for W. at 1.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(e) (with art. 3)
I35S. 70(1) in force at 13.2.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/292, art. 2(b)
I36S. 70(1)(3) in force at 1.4.2004 for W. by S.I. 2004/315, art. 2(b)
I37S. 70(3) in force at 13.2.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/292, art. 2(c)
M171988 c. 52.
71 Reports on functions relating to rights of way.E+W
(1)The Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) may make regulations requiring local highway authorities of a description specified in the regulations to publish reports on the performance of any of their functions so far as relating to local rights of way (whether or not those functions are conferred on them as highway authorities).
(2)Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 230 of the M18Local Government Act 1972 (reports and returns).
72 Interpretation of Part II.E+W
I38S. 72 wholly in force at 1.5.2001; s. 72 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3); s. 72 in force for E. at 30.1.2001 by S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(1)(b); s. 72 in force for W. at 1.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(f)