Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 2615 (W.253) (C.82)

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

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2002 No. 2615 (W.253) (C.82)

COUNTRYSIDE, WALES

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 [1]:

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 on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[2].

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.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The provisions of the Act referred to in the table below have been brought into force in relation to Wales by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order.

Section or Schedule	Date of commencement	S.I. Number
46(1)(b)	1 May 2001 (W.96) (C.50)	S.I. 2001/1410
46(3) (in part)	1 May 2001	S.I. 2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50)
57 (in part)	1 May 2001 (W.96) (C.50)	S.I. 2001/1410
68	1 May 2001 (W.96) (C.50)	S.I. 2001/1410
70(2) and (4)	1 May 2001 (W.96) (C.50)	S.I. 2001/1410
72	1 May 2001 (W.96) (C.50)	S.I. 2001/1410
Part IV (i.e. sections 82-93) (and accordingly Schedules 13, 14 and 15)	1 May 2001	S.I. 2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50)
96	1 May 2001 (W.96) (C.50)	S.I. 2001/1410
99	30 January 2001	S.I. 2001/203 (W.9) (C.10)
102 (in part)	1 May 2001 (W.96) (C.50)	S.I. 2001/1410
Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 4, 5 and 6.	1 May 2001	S.I. 2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50)
Schedule 6, paragraphs 18(a) and 19 (in part)	1 May 2001	S.I. 2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50)
Schedule 16, Parts I and II (in part)	1 May 2001	S.I. 2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50)
Schedule 16, Parts III, IV, V and VI.	1 May 2001	S.I. 2001/1410 (W.96) (C.50)

Notes:

[1] 2000 c.37.back

[2] 1998 c.38.back

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