Commons Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 74B:"Page 30, line 35, at end insert—""““““access”” means the rights of the public to enter or remain on registered common land within the meaning of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) and rights exercised under—" (a)   the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122); (b)   the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56); (c)   the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30); (d)   the Commons Act 1908 (c. 44); (e)   the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20); and (f)   all other relevant Acts relating to access on commons and town and village greens, whether public, local, personal or permissive.”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, this amendment arises from an extremely interesting debate in Committee on access. Noble Lords will recall that I tabled an amendment on the lines of the beginning of the amendment now before us. It mentioned only,"““the rights of the public to enter or remain on registered common land within the meaning of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000””." The earlier amendment finished at that point. Both my noble friend Lord Greaves and the noble Baroness, Lady Farrington, chided me for being so selective—which is the best way to describe the situation—in choosing to quote only the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. I have discussed this with a number of people. My revised amendment tries to ensure that anyone reading what will be the Commons Act 2005 will be able to find in this clause—