Wildlife Act, 1976

Creation of rights of way.

60.—(1) Where the Minister requires in connection with any land held by him either for the purposes of this Act or partly for such purposes and partly for the purposes of the Act of 1946, a right of way by a particular route over any other land, he may make an application to the Lay Commissioners pursuant to section 21 (1) of the Act of 1946 and, for the purposes of this section, the first reference in the said section 21 (1) to land shall be construed as including a reference to land held by the Minister either for the purposes of this Act or partly for such purposes and partly for the purposes of the Act of 1946.

(2) Where the Minister makes, by virtue of this section, an application under section 21 (1) of the Act of 1946, thereupon the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (h) of that section shall have effect and section 3 of that Act shall apply in relation to the application.

(3) Subsections (2) to (7) of section 21 of the Act of 1946 shall apply to an application made under subsection (1) of that section by virtue of this section in the same manner as they would apply if the application had been made in the ordinary course under subsection (1) of that section.