Access to the Countryside Bill 2013

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Access to the Countryside Bill 2013 would let county councils designate suitable privately owned land as “access land”, giving the public a legal right to visit it for recreation while excluding farmland, homes, public parks and other sensitive areas. Landowners could object, but would generally face no civil liability for accidents, while councils could set rules, provide access routes and facilities, and prepare six-year countryside access programmes. An advisory council would coordinate policy, publish maps and support councils in expanding public access.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to confer functions on County Councils in relation to the identification of lands to which the public ought to have a right of access for amenity and recreational purposes and to make provision for securing that right of access; for that purpose to amend the law in relation to occupiers' liability; to provide for the establishment of an advisory council, representative of affected interest groups, to assist County Councils in the performance of their functions under this act; and to provide for connected matters

Last updated 12 April 2018