The Countryside Access (Draft Maps) (Wales) Regulations 2001
Under section 11 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (“the Act”), the National Assembly for Wales may by regulations provide the procedures to be followed in the preparation of maps, in accordance with section 4(2) of the Act, which will show all open country (as defined by the Act) and all registered common land in Wales. The public right of access under section 2 of the Act is defined by reference to these kinds of land, subject to certain exceptions and additions set out in the Act.