Key legislation (countryside and access)

Key primary legislation

• National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
• Countryside Act 1968
• Highways Act 1980
• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
• Cycle Tracks Act 1984
• Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
• Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
• Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013

Key Subordinate legislation

• Wildlife and Countryside (Definitive Maps and Statements) Regulations 1993
• National Park Authorities (Wales) 1995
• Countryside Access (Draft Maps) 2001
• Countryside Access (Appeals Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2002 
• Countryside Access (Exclusion or Restriction of Access) (Wales) Regulations 2003
• Countryside Access (Means of Access, Appeals etc) Wales Regulations 2005