s 8 Restriction on use of public path on public land
8.—(1) Despite any Act or law to the contrary, but subject to this section, where a public path is declared over public land that is not State land, the performance of functions and the exercise of rights or powers in relation to the land by the public authority in whom the land is vested or which has the care, control or management of the land, or by any other person who has an interest in the land, are subject to —(a) the performance of functions and the exercise of powers by the Authority in relation to the public path under this or any other Act; and (b) the right of members of the public to use the public path in accordance with this Act. (2) Despite any Act or law to the contrary, but subject to this section, where a public path is declared over private land that is subject to an access agreement in favour of the Authority for the purposes of the public path, the rights and powers of the proprietor and occupier of the land, and of any other person who has an interest in the land, are subject to —(a) the performance of functions and the exercise of powers by the Authority in relation to the public path under this or any other Act; and (b) the right of members of the public to use the public path in accordance with this Act. (3) The performance of functions and the exercise of powers by the Authority in relation to a public path on private land are subject to the terms of the access agreement on which the order declaring the public path is based.