Section 147 of the Highways Act 1980 (which allows highway authorities etc to authorise the erection of stiles and gates etc on footpaths or bridleways crossing agricultural land) is amended as follows.
In subsection (1), after "For the purposes of this section" insert ." as it applies in relation to footpaths or bridleways, "
After subsection (1) insert—
In subsection (3), for "footpath or bridleway" substitute ." footpath, bridleway or byway "
After subsection (5) insert—
In consequence of the amendments made by this section to section 147, section 146 of the 1980 Act is amended as follows—
in subsection (1), after "restricted byway" (in the first place it occurs) insert ;" or across a byway open to all traffic in England "
in that subsection, for "or restricted byway" (in the second place it occurs) substitute ;" , restricted byway or byway open to all traffic "
in subsection (2)(b), after "restricted byway" insert ;" or in the case of a byway open to all traffic "
after subsection (5) insert—6In this section, "byway open to all traffic" has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (see section 66(1) of that Act).;
in the heading to the section, for "restricted byways" substitute ." byways "