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Part IIIE+W Miscellaneous Modifications of 1949 and 1968 Acts

Establishment of nature reserves by local authoritiesE+W

34E+WThe powers conferred on a county council by sections 21 and 99(6) of the 1949 Act (nature reserves) shall also be exercisable as respects any district by the district council and references in those sections and section 22 of that Act to a local authority shall be construed accordingly.

Access to open countryE+W

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F2Sch. 17 para. 35A repealed (28.5.2005 for W. and otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 102, 103(3), Sch. 16 Pt 1.; S.I. 2005/423, art. 2(f)(i)

36E+WAny county planning authority may require any other local planning authority having functions under Part V of the 1949 Act within the area of the county planning authority to give the county planning authority such information as may facilitate the discharge of the latter’s functions under section 62(2) or 63(1) of that Act (securing access) or section 78(1) of that Act (maps of land subject to public access).

37E+WThe functions of a local planning authority under section 67, 68, 81 or 82 of the 1949 Act or section 20 of the 1968 Act (supplementary provisions as to access to land) in relation to land [F3in England] which is the subject of an access agreement or order under Part V of the 1949 Act, and the functions of such an authority under section 70 of the 1949 Act in relation to such land and any land held therewith, shall be functions of the authority by whom the agreement or order was made or, where such an order was made by a Minister of the Crown, of the county planning authority, and in those sections, in their application to such land, references to a local planning authority shall be construed accordingly.

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X138E+WSection 89(2A) of the 1949 Act (treatment of derelict land) shall cease to have effect.

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X1The text of Sch. 17 paras. 38, 39 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

X239E+WSection 90(2) of the 1949 Act (byelaws) shall cease to have effect and in section 90(4) of that Act for the reference to a local authority there shall be substituted a reference to the local planning authority.

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X2The text of Sch. 17 paras. 38, 39 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

40E+WIn section 111 of the 1949 Act (Isles of Scilly) references to that Act shall include references to section 184 above and this Schedule.

41E+WIn paragraph 1(3)(a) and 2(5) of Schedule 1 to the 1949 Act (procedure on orders designating National Parks) for references to the local planning authority there shall be substituted references to the county planning authority.

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