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Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 The new law Eventually the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 will come into force and people will have a right to enter open land falling within the description of "mountain, moor, heath or down" for outdoor recreation. When this happens the question will arise: What duties, if any, will an occupier of such land owe to ramblers exercising their right to roam? When the Bill was being debated in the House of Lords many grandees shared the view of Lord Peel that "If we are to invite people onto private land it is ridiculous that owners should be left with any liability at all" (Hansard HL, 23 November 2000, col. 983-4). But the Government refused to accept that right to roamers should roam at their own risk, though it did claim to "have reduced liability to a bare minimum" (Rt Hon Michael Meacher...

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