New Clause 6
Commons Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Dan Rogerson (Shadow Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; North Cornwall, Liberal Democrat)
Certainly. I understand the hon. Lady’s point. The intention is that the matter should go to the parish council rather than the highways authority, so the track would not need to be adopted in the same way as a road. The new clause refers to
“persons gaining access to their property from the adopted public highway and by visitors to such property”,
so it would affect the track that links to the public highway, which does not need to be maintained as a highway. It is referring to a right of way, not requiring it to be tarmacked and turned into a permanent road. That is the intention of the new clause.