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Commons Act 2006 (c. 26)

Commons Act 2006 2006 CHAPTER 26 An Act to make provision about common land and town or village greens; and for connected purposes. [19th July 2006] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Legislation

Table of Content

1. Registers of common land and greens E+W

2. Purpose of registers E+W

3. Content of registers E+W

4. Commons registration authorities E+W

5. Registration of rights of common E+W

6. Creation E+W

7. Variation E+W

8. Apportionment E+W

9. Severance E+W

10. Attachment E+W

11. Re-allocation of attached rights E+W

12. Transfer of rights in gross E+W

13. Registration, deregistration and exchange of land E+W

14. Statutory dispositions E+W

15. Registration of greens: statement by owner E+W

15. Registration of greens: exclusions E+W

16. Deregistration and exchange: applications E+W

17. Conclusiveness and correction of the registers E+W

18. Conclusiveness E+W

19. Information etc E+W

20. Inspection E+W

21. Transitory and transitional provision E+W

22. Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act E+W

23. Supplementary E+W

24. Applications etc E+W

25. Commons councils E+W

26. Establishment E+W

27. Status and constitution of commons councils E+W

29. Constitution E+W

30. Functions of commons councils E+W

31. Functions E+W

32. Ancillary powers E+W

33. Consent E+W

34. Enforcement of rules E+W

35. Commons councils: supplementary E+W

36. Consequential provision E+W

37. Variation and revocation of establishment orders E+W

38. Prohibition on works without consent E+W

39. Consent: general E+W

40. Consent: procedure E+W

41. Enforcement E+W

42. Schemes E+W

43. Power to exempt E+W

44. Intervention powers E+W

45. Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land E+W

46. Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure etc E+W

47. Approvement E+W

48. Inclosure E+W

49. Commons Act 1899 E+W

50. Vehicular access E+W

51. Amendments and repeals E+W

52. Minor and consequential amendments E+W

53. Repeals E+W

54. Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens E+W

55. Commencement and transitional provision E+W

56. Commencement E+W

57. Severance: transitional E+W

58. General E+W

59. Orders and regulations E+W

60. Crown application E+W

61. Interpretation E+W

62. Short title E+W

63. Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9) E+W

1. Registers of common land and greens E+W

2. Purpose of registers E+W

3. Content of registers E+W

4. Commons registration authorities E+W

5. Registration of rights of common E+W

6. Creation E+W

7. Variation E+W

8. Apportionment E+W

9. Severance E+W

10. Attachment E+W

11. Re-allocation of attached rights E+W

12. Transfer of rights in gross E+W

13. Registration, deregistration and exchange of land E+W

14. Statutory dispositions E+W

15. Registration of greens: statement by owner E+W

15. Registration of greens: exclusions E+W

16. Deregistration and exchange: applications E+W

17. Conclusiveness and correction of the registers E+W

18. Conclusiveness E+W

19. Information etc E+W

20. Inspection E+W

21. Transitory and transitional provision E+W

22. Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act E+W

23. Supplementary E+W

24. Applications etc E+W

25. Commons councils E+W

26. Establishment E+W

27. Status and constitution of commons councils E+W

29. Constitution E+W

30. Functions of commons councils E+W

31. Functions E+W

32. Ancillary powers E+W

33. Consent E+W

34. Enforcement of rules E+W

35. Commons councils: supplementary E+W

36. Consequential provision E+W

37. Variation and revocation of establishment orders E+W

38. Prohibition on works without consent E+W

39. Consent: general E+W

40. Consent: procedure E+W

41. Enforcement E+W

42. Schemes E+W

43. Power to exempt E+W

44. Intervention powers E+W

45. Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land E+W

46. Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure etc E+W

47. Approvement E+W

48. Inclosure E+W

49. Commons Act 1899 E+W

50. Vehicular access E+W

51. Amendments and repeals E+W

52. Minor and consequential amendments E+W

53. Repeals E+W

54. Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens E+W

55. Commencement and transitional provision E+W

56. Commencement E+W

57. Severance: transitional E+W

58. General E+W

59. Orders and regulations E+W

60. Crown application E+W

61. Interpretation E+W

62. Short title E+W

63. Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9) E+W

Section 1

1. Registers of common land and greens E+W

Each commons registration authority shall continue to keep— (a) a register known as a register of common land; and (b) a register known as a register of town or village greens. Commencement Information I1 S. 1 in force at 1.10.2008 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2008/1960 , art. 2(1)(a) , Sch. (with art. 3 ) I2 S. 1 in force at 15.12.2014 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2014/3026 , art. 3(1)(a) (with art. 5 )

Section 2

2. Purpose of registers E+W

(1) The purpose of a register of common land is— (a) to register land as common land; and (b) to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as common land. (2) The purpose of a register of town or village greens is— (a) to register land as a town or village green; and (b) to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as a town or village green. Commencement Information I3 S. 2 in force at 1.10.2008 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2008/1960 , art. 2(1)(a) , Sch. (with art. 3 ) I4 S. 2 in force at 15.12.2014 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2014/3026 , art. 3(1)(a) (with art. 5 )