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UK: CONSULTATION LAUNCHED ON BYELAW-MAKING PROCEDURES

Defra has launched consultations to improve the procedures for confirming countryside byelaws.

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Rural Affairs Minister, Jim Knight, said: "The aim of this consultation is to ultimately reduce the burden of regulation on byelaw-making authorities. "This initiative is designed to ensure that byelaws regulating the use of land to which the public have access for recreational purposes are introduced only as a last resort."

Organisations are encouraged to share their views on proposals to:

* ensure that byelaws for regulating public behaviour are made only when other solutions have been fully explored and where it is clear that creation of a criminal offence is necessary; and

* where byelaws are judged to be necessary reduce the time taken to confirm them.

Organisations will be invited to comment during a four month consultation period, which will end on 21 November 2005.

The consultation can be found at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/recreation-byelaws/index.htm

Note for Editors

1. Countryside byelaws create criminal offences, so they cannot come into effect until Defra confirms them.

2. Countryside byelaws can be made to cover a wide range of issues including (amongst others) the prevention of the pollution of waterways and the removal of structures.

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