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Amendments made: No. 297, in page 55, line 20, at beginning insert—
'Section 4 of the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935 [power to fence roads subject to restrictions) shall have effect, in relation to any area in the countryside of which walls of a particular construction are a feature, as if references to fences included references to walls of that construction; and in exercising their powers under that section in relation to any such area, a highway authority shall have regard to the desirability of exercising the powers conferred by the foregoing provisions of this subsection.
(1A) In section 20(2) of the Hill Farming Act 1946 (penalty for contravening regulations with respect to the burning of heather and grass) as originally enacted for the words from "five pounds" onwards there shall be substituted the words "£200".
(1B) In section 27 of that Act (penalty for contravening the provisions of that Act relating to muirburn) for the words from "five pounds" onwards there shall be substituted the words "£200".
§ (1C).'.
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No. 164, in page 55, line 27, after '1961', insert—
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'(power to reduce numbers of pigeons and other birds in built-up areas)'.
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No. 65, in page 56, line 4, after '1980', insert—
'(dedication of way as highway presumed after public use for 20 years)'.
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No. 166, in page 56, line 8, at end insert—
'(8A) Section 80 of that Act (power of highway authority to fence highways) shall have effect in relation to any area in the countryside of which walls of a particular construction are a feature, as if references to fences included references to walls of that construction; and in exercising their powers under that section in relation to any such area, a highway authority shall have regard to the desirability of exercising the powers conferred by the foregoing provisions of this subsection.'.
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No. 318, in page 56, line 12, at end insert—
'(10) In section 4(5) of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (grant or refusal of licence) the entries relating to the Protection of Birds Acts 1954 to 1967 and the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975 shall be omitted and there shall be added at the end the following entry—
Part I of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981".'.—[Mr. Brooke.]