HC Deb 10 November 1981 vol 12 cc54-5W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when part III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 will come into force, particularly the provisions of section 51.

Mr. Macfarlane

I hope to bring into force by mid-1982 the provisions in part III which relate to definitive maps of public rights of way—including clause 51—and public path orders. The miscellaneous provisions in clauses 54 to 56 and 58 to 60 will come into force at the end of this month.