56 Effect of definitive map and statement
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (1981 c 69) | Legislation

56  Effect of definitive map and statement

(1)     A definitive map and statement shall be conclusive evidence as to the particulars contained therein to the following extent, namely—

(a)     where the map shows a footpath, the map shall be conclusive evidence that there was at the relevant date a highway as shown on the map, and that the public had thereover a right of way on foot, so however that this paragraph shall be without prejudice to any question whether the public had at that date any right of way other than that right;

(b)     where the map shows a bridleway, the map shall be conclusive evidence that there was at the relevant date a highway as shown on the map, and that the public had thereover at that date a right of way on foot and a right of way on horseback or leading a horse, so however that this paragraph shall be without prejudice to any question whether the public had at that date any right of way other than those rights;

(c)     where the map shows a byway open to all traffic, the map shall be conclusive evidence that there was at the relevant date a highway as shown

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