Byelaws made by Leeds City Council under section 15 of the Open spaces Act
1906 and sections 12 and 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906, with respect to
Chevin Forest Park.
Interpretation
1. in these byelaws:
"the Council" means Leeds City Council;
"the ground" means Chevin Forest Park.
Cycles
2. (1) No person shall, without reasonable excuse, ride a cycle, except in
any part of the ground where there is a right of way for cycles, or
along such routes as may be fixed by the Council and indicated by
signs placed in conspicuous positions in the ground.
(2) In this byelaw:
"cycles" means a bicycle, a tricycle, or a cycle having four or more
wheels, not being in any case a motor cycle or motor vehicle.
Horses
3. Where any part of the ground has, by notices placed in a conspicuous
position in the ground, been set apart by the Council as a place where
horse-riding is permitted, no person shall, except in the exercise of any
lawful right or privilege, ride a horse in any other part of the ground.
Obstruction
4. No person shall in the ground:
(a) intentionally obstruct any officer of the Council in the proper
execution of his duties;
(b) intentionally obstruct any person carrying out an act which is
necessary to the proper execution of any contract with the Council;
or
(a) intentionally obstruct any other person in the proper use of the
ground, or behave so as to give reasonable grounds for annoyance
to other persons in the ground.
Savings
5. (1) An act necessary to the proper execution of his duty in the ground
by an officer of the Council, or any act which is necessary to the
proper execution of any contract with the Council, shall not be an
offence under these byelaws.
(2) Nothing in or done under any of the provisions of these byelaws
shall in any respect prejudice or injuriously affect any public right of
way through the ground, or the rights of any person acting legally by
virtue of some estate, right or interest in, over or affecting the ground
or any part thereof.
Removal of Offenders
6. Any person offending against these byelaws may be removed from the
ground by an officer of the Council or a constable.
Penalty
7. Any person offending against any of these byelaws shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
THE COMMON SEAL of LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
Was hereunto affixed on the third
Day of March 1997
P SMITH
THE CHIEF OFFICER
SEAL
The foregoing byelaws are hereby confirmed by the Secretary of State and shall
come into operation on the twentieth day of October 1997.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
B. Bennett-Diver
for R.G. Evans
Head of Unit
Constitutional and Community Policy Directorate
2nd October 1997
Home Office
London,
SW1.
