Countryside Access (Dedication of Land as Access Land) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 135 (W. 9) of 2003). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Wales Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Servitude Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes This Order comes into force on 1 March 2003. Abstract Section 16 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 enables a person who holds an interest in land (being a freehold interest or a leasehold interest of which not less than 90 years remain unexpired) to dedicate that land as "access land" for the purposes of Part I of the Act. Dedicated land will be subject to the public right of access in the same way as if the land had been included in a map prepared by the Countryside Council for Wales under Part I of the Act and will be subject to the same general restrictions (set out in Schedule 2 to the Act), except to the extent that those who dedicate the land remove or relax those restrictions by the terms of the dedication. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (2000 Chapter 37). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000 Keyword: Servitude, Land-use planning, Biodiversity, Management/conservation, Institution, Protected area Source: FAO, FAOLEX