53 Duty to keep definitive map and statement under continuous review
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (1981 c 69) | Legislation

Part III Public Rights of Way

Ascertainment of public rights of way

53  Duty to keep definitive map and statement under continuous review

(1)     In this Part “definitive map and statement”, in relation to any area, means, subject to section 57(3) [and 57A(1)],—

(a)     the latest revised map and statement prepared in definitive form for that area under section 33 of the 1949 Act; or

(b)     where no such map and statement have been so prepared, the original definitive map and statement prepared for that area under section 32 of that Act; or

(c)     where no such map and statement have been so prepared, the map and statement prepared for that area under section 55(3).

(2)     As regards every definitive map and statement, the surveying authority shall—

(a)     as soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement date, by order make such modifications to the map and statement as appear to them to be requisite in consequence of the occurrence, before that date, of any of the events specified in subsection (3); and

(b)     as from that date, keep the map and statement under continuous review and as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence, on or after that

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