Part 1Access rights
Chapter 5Local authority functions: access and other rights
24Rangers
1
The local authority may appoint persons to act as rangers in relation to any land in respect of which access rights are exercisable.
2
The purposes for which such rangers may be so appointed are—
a
to advise and assist the owner of the land and other members of the public as to any matter relating to the exercise of access rights in respect of the land; and
b
to perform such other duties in relation to the exercise of those rights in respect of that land as the local authority determine.
3
A person appointed under this section as a ranger may, for the purpose of exercising any function conferred by or under subsection (2) above, enter any land in respect of which access rights are exercisable.