Part 2 New Schedule 13A to the 1981 Act

Part 2 New Schedule 13A to the 1981 Act

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After Schedule 13 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 insert—

“SCHEDULE 13A
Applications for Certain Orders under Part 3: England

Form of applications

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(1)     An application must be made in the prescribed form and be accompanied by—

(a)     a map drawn to the prescribed scale and showing the way or ways to which the application relates; and

(b)     copies of any documentary evidence (including statements of witnesses) which the applicant wishes to adduce in support of the application, unless the authority have informed the applicant that the authority already have access to the evidence in question.

(2)     Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) must provide for an application to include an explanation as to why the applicant believes that a definitive map and statement should be modified in consequence of the occurrence of one or more events falling within section 53(3)(b) or (c).

Preliminary assessment and notice of applications

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(1)     An authority must, before the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which they receive an application, decide whether the application, and any documentary evidence which

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