National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make provision for National Parks and the establishment of a National Parks Commission ; to confer on the Nature Conservancy and local authorities powers for the establishment and maintenance of nature reserves ; to make further provision for the recording, creation, maintenance and improvement of public paths and for securing access to open country, and to amend the law relating to rights of way; to confer further powers for preserving and enhancing natural beauty ; and for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid.
Citation12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 97
Introduced bySir Arthur Hobhouse
Territorial extent England, Scotland and Wales
Dates
Royal assent16 December 1949 (1949-12-16)
Other legislation
Amended byThe Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (portion)
Relates to
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 97) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the National Parks Commission which later became the Countryside Commission and then the Countryside Agency, which became Natural England when it merged with English Nature in 2006. The Act provided the framework for the creation of National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales, and also addressed public rights of way and access to open land.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 115(1) of this Act.

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