Legislation – Deregulation Act 2015
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Use of land
20Recorded rights of way: additional protection
“55AOther protected rights: England
(1)
A surveying authority in England may not, at any time after the cut-off date, make a modification to a definitive map and statement under section 53(2)(b) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 if—
(a)
the modification might affect the exercise of a protected right of way, and
(b)
the only basis for the authority considering that the modification is requisite is the discovery by the authority of evidence that the right of way did not exist before 1 January 1949.
(2)
In subsection (1), “protected right of way” means any right of way over land shown in the definitive map and statement on the cut-off date as a footpath, bridleway, restricted byway or byway open to all traffic.
(3)
In this section, “cut-off date” has the meaning given in section 56.”