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December 12, 2016

<part xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Registration</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-introductory"><heading>Introductory</heading><section eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Registers of common land and greens</heading><intro>Each commons registration authority shall continue to keep—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register known as a register of common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a register known as a register of town or village greens.</content></level></section><section eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Purpose of registers</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of common land is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as common land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of town or village greens is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as a town or village green.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Content of registers</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The land registered as common land in a register of common land is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The rights of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens are, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the rights registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other rights as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The following information is to be registered in a register of common land or town or village greens in respect of a right of common registered in it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the nature of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is attached to any land, the land to which it is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>if the right is not so attached, the owner of the right.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>require or permit other information to be included in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>make provision as to the form in which any information is to be presented in such a register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Except as provided under this Part or any other enactment—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>no land registered as common land or as a town or village green is to be removed from the register in which it is so registered;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no right of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens is to be removed from that register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content>No right of common over land to which this Part applies is to be registered in the register of title.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-4"><num>4</num><heading>Commons registration authorities</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The following are commons registration authorities—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a county council in England;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a district council in England for an area without a county council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a London borough council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>a county or county borough council in Wales.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>For the purposes of this Part, the commons registration authority in relation to any land is the authority in whose area the land is situated.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any land falls within the area of two or more commons registration authorities, the authorities may by agreement provide for one of them to be the commons registration authority in relation to the whole of the land.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-5"><num>5</num><heading>Land to which Part 1 applies</heading><subsection eId="section-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This Part applies to all land in England and Wales, subject as follows.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This Part does not apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the New Forest; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Epping Forest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This Part shall not be taken to apply to the Forest of Dean.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If any question arises under this Part whether any land is part of the forests mentioned in this section it is to be referred to and decided by the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-registration-of-rights-of-common"><heading>Registration of rights of common</heading><section eId="section-6"><num>6</num><heading>Creation</heading><subsection eId="section-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created over land to which this Part applies by virtue of prescription.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created in any other way over land to which this Part applies except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as specified in subsection (3); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>pursuant to any other enactment.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A right of common may be created over land to which this Part applies by way of express grant if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land is not registered as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right is attached to land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) does not operate at law until on an application under this section—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right is registered in a register of common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is created over land not registered as common land, the land is registered in a register of common land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>An application under this section to register the creation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which it is created would be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-7"><num>7</num><heading>Variation</heading><subsection eId="section-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section a right of common is varied if by virtue of any disposition—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies instead of all or part of the land over which it was exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies in addition to the land over which it is already exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>there is any other alteration in what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to become exercisable over new land if that land is at the time registered as a town or village green.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to extend what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The variation of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the register is amended so as to record the variation.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>An application under this section to record a variation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which the right is or is to be exercisable would, in consequence of the variation, be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-8"><num>8</num><heading>Apportionment</heading><subsection eId="section-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the amendments to be made to a register of common land or town or village greens where a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land is apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that a register is only to be amended when—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition relating to an apportioned right itself falls to be registered under this Part; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the register falls to be amended under section 11.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where at any time—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land has been apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no amendments have been made under subsection (1) in respect of the apportionment of that right,</content></level><wrapUp>the rights of common subsisting as a result of the apportionment shall be regarded as rights which are registered in that register as attached to the land to which they attach as a result of the apportionment.</wrapUp></subsection></section><section eId="section-9"><num>9</num><heading>Severance</heading><subsection eId="section-9-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies to a right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>would, apart from this section, be capable of being severed from that land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common to which this section applies is not at any time on or after the day on which this section comes into force capable of being severed from the land to which it is attached, except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under Schedule 1; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under any other Act.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force would effect a disposition in relation to a right of common to which this section applies in contravention of subsection (2), the instrument is void to the extent that it would effect such a disposition.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition takes effect in relation to land to which a right of common to which this section applies is attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the disposition would have the effect of contravening subsection (2),</content></level><wrapUp>the disposition also has effect in relation to the right notwithstanding anything in the instrument to the contrary.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force a right of common to which this section applies falls to be apportioned between different parts of the land to which it is attached, the instrument is void to the extent that it purports to apportion the right otherwise than rateably.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Nothing in this section affects any instrument made before, or made pursuant to a contract made in writing before, the day on which this section comes into force.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-7"><num>(7)</num><content>This section and Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2005 (and an order under paragraph 2 of that Schedule may have effect as from that date).</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-10"><num>10</num><heading>Attachment</heading><subsection eId="section-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies to any right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens but is not registered as attached to any land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The owner of the right may apply to the commons registration authority for the right to be registered in that register as attached to any land, provided that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>he is entitled to occupy the land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the person entitled to occupy the land has consented to the application.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-11"><num>11</num><heading>Re-allocation of attached rights</heading><subsection eId="section-11-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies in relation to part of the land (“<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-part" eId="term-the-relevant-part">the relevant part</term>”),</content></level><wrapUp>the owner of the land may apply to the commons registration authority for the register to be amended so as to secure that the right does not attach to the relevant part.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-2"><num>(2)</num><content>This subsection applies where the relevant part is not used for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This subsection applies where planning permission has been granted for use of the relevant part for purposes which are not agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>an order authorising the compulsory purchase of the relevant part by any authority has been made in accordance with the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) (and, if the order requires to be confirmed under Part 2 of that Act, has been so confirmed);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the relevant part has not vested in the authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the relevant part is required for use other than use for agricultural purposes.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations may for the purposes of subsections (2) to (4) make provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as use of land for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may provide that an application under this section is not to be granted without the consent of any person specified in the regulations.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-12"><num>12</num><heading>Transfer of rights in gross</heading><intro>The transfer of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens but is not registered as attached to any land—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-12-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-12-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the transferee is registered in the register as the owner of the right.</content></level></section><section eId="section-13"><num>13</num><heading>Surrender and extinguishment</heading><subsection eId="section-13-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The surrender to any extent of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the right is removed from the register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The reference in subsection (1) to a surrender of a right of common does not include a disposition having the effect referred to in section 7(1)(a).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-13-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot be extinguished by operation of common law.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-registration-deregistration-and-exchange-of-land"><heading>Registration, deregistration and exchange of land</heading><section eId="section-14"><num>14</num><heading>Statutory dispositions</heading><subsection eId="section-14-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Regulations may make provision as to the amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens where by virtue of any relevant instrument—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition is made in relation to land registered in it as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a disposition is made in relation to a right of common registered in it.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations may provide that, where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>by virtue of any relevant instrument a disposition is made in relation to land registered as common land or as a town or village green,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>by virtue of regulations under subsection (1) the land ceases to be so registered, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in connection with the disposition other land is given in exchange,</content></level><wrapUp>the land given in exchange is to be registered as common land or as a town or village green.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-instrument" eId="term-relevant-instrument">relevant instrument</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any order, deed or other instrument made under or pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-b"><num><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983-1560503468444" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983" class="commentary"/>(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983-1560503468444" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983">a deed made for the purposes of section 28 of the Church Property Measure 2018;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other instrument made under or pursuant to any enactment.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Regulations under this section may require the making of an application to a commons registration authority for amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations under this section may provide that a relevant instrument, so far as relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green or to any right of common, is not to operate at law until any requirement for which they provide is complied with.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-15"><num>15</num><heading>Registration of greens</heading><subsection eId="section-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Any person may apply to the commons registration authority to register land to which this Part applies as a town or village green in a case where subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they continue to do so at the time of the application.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the time of the application but after the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09-1439202106990" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09" class="commentary"/>the relevant period </ins>.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-3A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd" class="commentary"/>(3A)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> In subsection (3), “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-period"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">the relevant period</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> ” means— </ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in England, the period of one year beginning with the cessation mentioned in subsection (3)(b);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in Wales, the period of two years beginning with that cessation.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies (subject to subsection (5)) where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within the period of five years beginning with the cessation referred to in paragraph (b).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to any land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>planning permission was granted before 23 June 2006 in respect of the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>construction works were commenced before that date in accordance with that planning permission on the land or any other land in respect of which the permission was granted; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the land—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>has by reason of any works carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>will by reason of any works proposed to be carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for those purposes.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-6"><num>(6)</num><content>In determining the period of 20 years referred to in subsections (2)(a), (3)(a) and (4)(a), there is to be disregarded any period during which access to the land was prohibited to members of the public by reason of any enactment.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) in a case where the condition in subsection (2)(a) is satisfied—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where persons indulge as of right in lawful sports and pastimes immediately before access to the land is prohibited as specified in subsection (6), those persons are to be regarded as continuing so to indulge; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where permission is granted in respect of use of the land for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes, the permission is to be disregarded in determining whether persons continue to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes on the land “as of right”.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-8"><num>(8)</num><content>The owner of any land may apply to the commons registration authority to register the land as a town or village green.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-9"><num>(9)</num><content>An application under subsection (8) may only be made with the consent of any relevant leaseholder of, and the proprietor of any relevant charge over, the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-10"><num>(10)</num><intro>In subsection (9)—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-charge" eId="term-relevant-charge">relevant charge</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to land which is registered in the register of title, a registered charge within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>in relation to land which is not so registered—<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(i)</num>a charge registered under the Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61); or</item><item><num>(ii)</num>a legal mortgage, within the meaning of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20), which is not registered under the Land Charges Act 1972;</item></blockList></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” means a leaseholder under a lease for a term of more than seven years from the date on which the lease was granted.</content></hcontainer></subsection></section><section eId="section-15A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7" class="commentary"/>15A</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Registration of greens: statement by owner</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-15A-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Where the owner of any land </ins><noteRef href="#key-bfbefbc8aefb4ebd817708b08e337f6e" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">... to which this Part applies deposits with the commons registration authority a statement in the prescribed form, the statement is to be regarded, for the purposes of section 15, as bringing to an end any period during which persons have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land to which the statement relates.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(2)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Subsection (1) does not prevent a new period commencing.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">A statement under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a map in the prescribed form identifying the land to which the statement relates.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(4)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">An owner of land may deposit more than one statement under subsection (1) in respect of the same land.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">If more than one statement is deposited in respect of the same land, a later statement (whether or not made by the same person) may refer to the map which accompanied an earlier statement and that map is to be treated, for the purposes of this section, as also accompanying the later statement.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(6)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Where a statement is deposited under subsection (1), the commons registration authority must take the prescribed steps in relation to the statement and accompanying map and do so in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period (if any).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-7"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(7)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Regulations may make provision—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for a statement required for the purposes of this section to be combined with a statement or declaration required for the purposes of section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for the requirement in subsection (3) to be satisfied by the statement referring to a map previously deposited under section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-c"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the fees payable in relation to the depositing of a statement under subsection (1) (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the commons registration authority);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-d"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to when a statement under subsection (1) is to be regarded as having been deposited with the commons registration authority.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-8"><num><noteRef href="#key-ce039e215aeaf686ed035291e7e4ed79" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(8)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-9"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(9)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">

In this section “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-prescribed"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">prescribed</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"> ” means prescribed in regulations. </ins></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-15B"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">15B</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Register of section 15A statements</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-15B-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Each commons registration authority must keep, in such manner as may be prescribed, a register containing prescribed information about statements deposited under section 15A(1) and the maps accompanying those statements.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(2)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">The register kept under this section must be available for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">A commons registration authority may discharge its duty under subsection (1) by including the prescribed information in the register kept by it under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980 (register of maps and statements deposited and declarations lodged under section 31(6) of that Act).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(4)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Regulations may make provision—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15B-4-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">where a commons registration authority discharges its duty under subsection (1) in the way described in subsection (3), for the creation of a new part of the register kept under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980 for that purpose;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15B-4-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the circumstances in which an entry relating to a statement deposited under section 15A(1) or a map accompanying such a statement, or anything relating to the entry, is to be removed from the register kept under this section or (as the case may be) the register kept under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"> In this section “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-prescribed"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">prescribed</ins></term><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"> ” means prescribed in regulations. </ins> </content></subsection></section><section eId="section-15C"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0" class="commentary"/>15C</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">Registration of greens: exclusions</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-15C-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The right under section 15(1) to apply to register land </ins><noteRef href="#key-5add8a4e84a8c74a4ceab8fe08cdb2d0" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">... as a town or village green ceases to apply if an event specified in the first column of the Table set out in </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6a5fc34e0bfb83ef429ef01def2e992e-1486557154968" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6a5fc34e0bfb83ef429ef01def2e992e"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6a5fc34e0bfb83ef429ef01def2e992e" class="commentary"/>the relevant Schedule</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> has occurred in relation to the land (“a trigger event”).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(2)</ins></num><content><mod><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> Where the right under section 15(1) has ceased to apply because of the occurrence of a trigger event, it becomes exercisable again only if an event specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the Table </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-88a7b1405230bca151996ad4f65e22ba-1486557191327" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-88a7b1405230bca151996ad4f65e22ba"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-88a7b1405230bca151996ad4f65e22ba" class="commentary"/>set out in the relevant Schedule</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> occurs in relation to the land ( </ins><quotedText><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">“a terminating event”</ins></quotedText><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">). </ins></mod></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-14dfb4b0e233d234c91ad2b0f03f8eec-1486557228728" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-14dfb4b0e233d234c91ad2b0f03f8eec"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-14dfb4b0e233d234c91ad2b0f03f8eec" class="commentary"/>appropriate national authority</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> may by order make provision as to when a trigger or a terminating event is to be treated as having occurred for the purposes of this section.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(4)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7bd265b269e5fbc5f72f927367c2f0f1-1486557259588" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7bd265b269e5fbc5f72f927367c2f0f1"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7bd265b269e5fbc5f72f927367c2f0f1" class="commentary"/>appropriate national authority</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> may by order provide that subsection (1) does not apply in circumstances specified in the order.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(5)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746-1486557297538" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746" class="commentary"/>appropriate national authority</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> may by order amend </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305-1486557345908" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305" class="commentary"/>the relevant Schedule</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> so as to—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-5-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">specify additional trigger or terminating events;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-5-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">amend or omit any of the trigger or terminating events for the time being specified in the Schedule.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(6)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">A trigger or terminating event specified by order under subsection (5)(a) must be an event related to the development (whether past, present or future) of the land.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-7"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(7)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The transitional provision that may be included in an order under subsection (5)(a) specifying an additional trigger or terminating event includes provision for this section to apply where such an event has occurred before the order is made or before it comes into force and as to its application in such a case.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-8"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(8)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">For the purposes of determining whether an application under section 15 is made within the period mentioned in section 15(3)(c), any period during which an application to register land as a town or village green may not be made by virtue of this section is to be disregarded.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-9"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff" class="commentary"/>(9)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">In this section “</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-schedule"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">the relevant Schedule</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">” means—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-9-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">Schedule 1A, in relation to land in England;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-9-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">Schedule 1B, in relation to land in Wales.</ins></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-16"><num>16</num><heading>Deregistration and exchange: applications</heading><subsection eId="section-16-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The owner of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green may apply to the appropriate national authority for the land (“the release land”) to cease to be so registered.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-2"><num>(2)</num><content>If the release land is more than 200 square metres in area, the application must include a proposal under subsection (3).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A proposal under this subsection is a proposal that land specified in the application (“replacement land”) be registered as common land or as a town or village green in place of the release land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If the release land is not more than 200 square metres in area, the application may include a proposal under subsection (3).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where the application includes a proposal under subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the replacement land must be land to which this Part applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the replacement land must not already be registered as common land or as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>if the owner of the release land does not own the replacement land, the owner of the replacement land must join in the application.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In determining the application, the appropriate national authority shall have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the release land (and in particular persons exercising rights of common over it);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the interests of the neighbourhood;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the public interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-d"><num>(d)</num><content>any other matter considered to be relevant.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority shall in a case where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the release land is not more than 200 square metres in area, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the application does not include a proposal under subsection (3),</content></level><wrapUp>have particular regard under subsection (6) to the extent to which the absence of such a proposal is prejudicial to the interests specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (6)(c) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>An application under this section may only be made with the consent of any relevant leaseholder of, and the proprietor of any relevant charge over—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the release land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any replacement land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-10"><num>(10)</num><content>In subsection (9) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-charge" eId="term-relevant-charge">relevant charge</term>” and “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” have the meanings given by section 15(10).</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-17"><num>17</num><heading>Deregistration and exchange: orders</heading><subsection eId="section-17-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Where the appropriate national authority grants an application under section 16 it must make an order requiring the commons registration authority to remove the release land from its register of common land or town or village greens.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where the application included a proposal to register replacement land, the order shall also require the commons registration authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register the replacement land as common land or as a town or village green in place of the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register as exercisable over the replacement land any rights of common which, immediately before the relevant date, are registered as exercisable over the release land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons registration authority must take such other steps on receiving an order under this section as regulations may require.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where immediately before the relevant date any rights of common are registered as exercisable over the release land, those rights are on that date extinguished in relation to that land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where immediately before the relevant date any rights are exercisable over the release land by virtue of its being, or being part of, a town or village green—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>those rights are extinguished on that date in respect of the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where any replacement land is registered in its place, those rights shall become exercisable as from that date over the replacement land instead.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Where immediately before the relevant date the release land was registered as common land and any relevant provision applied in relation to it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provision shall on that date cease to apply to the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where any replacement land is registered in its place, the provision shall on that date apply to the replacement land instead.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>An order under this section may contain—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision disapplying the effect of subsection (5)(b) or (6)(b) in relation to any replacement land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to any replacement land of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any rights exercisable over the release land by virtue of its being, or being part of, a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any relevant provision;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to the release land or any replacement land of any local or personal Act.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>In subsections (6) and (7) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-provision" eId="term-relevant-provision">relevant provision</term>” means a provision contained in, or made under—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>an Act under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-d"><num>(d)</num><content>a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-e"><num>(e)</num><content>section 1 of the Commons Act 1908 (c. 44).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-9"><num>(9)</num><content>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-date" eId="term-relevant-date">relevant date</term>” means the date on which the commons registration authority amends its register as required under subsections (1) and (2).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-10"><num>(10)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for the publication of an order under this section.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-conclusiveness-and-correction-of-the-registers"><heading>Conclusiveness and correction of the registers</heading><section eId="section-18"><num>18</num><heading>Conclusiveness</heading><subsection eId="section-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies to land registered as common land, or as a town or village green, which is registered as being subject to a right of common.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-2"><num>(2)</num><content>If the land would not otherwise have been subject to that right, it shall be deemed to have become subject to that right, as specified in the register, upon its registration.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-3"><num>(3)</num><content>If the right is registered as attached to any land, the right shall, if it would not otherwise have attached to that land, be deemed to have become so attached upon registration of its attachment.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If the right is not registered as attached to any land, the person registered as the owner of the right shall, if he would not otherwise have been its owner, be deemed to have become its owner upon his registration.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Nothing in subsection (2) affects any constraint on the exercise of a right of common where the constraint does not appear in the register.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-6"><num>(6)</num><content>It is immaterial whether the registration referred to in subsection (2), (3) or (4) occurred before or after the commencement of this section.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-19"><num>19</num><heading>Correction</heading><subsection eId="section-19-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons registration authority may amend its register of common land or town or village greens for any purpose referred to in subsection (2).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Those purposes are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>correcting a mistake made by the commons registration authority in making or amending an entry in the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>correcting any other mistake, where the amendment would not affect—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the extent of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>what can be done by virtue of a right of common;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>removing a duplicate entry from the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>updating the details of any name or address referred to in an entry;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>updating any entry in the register relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green to take account of accretion or diluvion.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>References in this section to a mistake include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a mistaken omission, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an unclear or ambiguous description,</content></level><wrapUp>and it is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether a mistake was made before or after the commencement of this section.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An amendment may be made by a commons registration authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on its own initiative; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the application of any person.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-5"><num>(5)</num><content>A mistake in a register may not be corrected under this section if the authority considers that, by reason of reliance reasonably placed on the register by any person or for any other reason, it would in all the circumstances be unfair to do so.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make further provision as to the criteria to be applied in determining an application or proposal under this section.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The High Court may order a commons registration authority to amend its register of common land or town or village greens if the High Court is satisfied that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any entry in the register, or any information in an entry, was at any time included in the register as a result of fraud; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>it would be just to amend the register.</content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-information-etc"><heading>Information <abbr title="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</abbr></heading><section eId="section-20"><num>20</num><heading>Inspection</heading><subsection eId="section-20-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Any person may inspect and make copies of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The right in subsection (1) is subject to regulations which may, in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provide for exceptions to the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>impose conditions on its exercise.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(b) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-21"><num>21</num><heading>Official copies</heading><subsection eId="section-21-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An official copy of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register,</content></level><wrapUp>is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the original.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-21-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations may make provision for the issue of official copies and may in particular make provision about—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the form of official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>who may issue official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>applications for official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conditions to be met by applicants for official copies.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-21-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(d) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection></section></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-transitory-and-transitional-provision"><heading>Transitory and transitional provision</heading><section eId="section-22"><num>22</num><heading>Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act</heading><content>Schedule 2 (non-registration or mistaken registration under the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)) has effect.</content></section><section eId="section-23"><num>23</num><heading>Transitional</heading><subsection eId="section-23-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Schedule 3 (transitional provision) has effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Nothing in Schedule 3 affects the power to make transitional provision and savings in an order under section 56; and an order under that section may modify any provision made by that Schedule.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-supplementary"><heading>Supplementary</heading><section eId="section-24"><num>24</num><heading>Applications <abbr title="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</abbr></heading><subsection eId="section-24-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any application for the amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens under or for the purposes of this Part.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the steps to be taken by a person before making an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the form of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the information or evidence to be supplied with an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-d"><num><noteRef href="#key-ef063539e21d3e1bd38b092354394485" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(d)</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the persons to be notified of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the publication of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the making of objections to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-k"><num>(k)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-l"><num>(l)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-m"><num>(m)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-n"><num>(n)</num><content>the time at which any such amendments are to be regarded as having been made.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97" class="commentary"/>(2A)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97">Regulations under subsection (1) </ins><noteRef href="#key-850ee48d00ca413f6b14514a5a07883c" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97">... may make provision as to the fees payable in relation to an application (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the person to whom the application is made or (if different) the person by whom the application is to be determined).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2B"><num><noteRef href="#key-bc2fcbb6389b7e27ca8d34358f7b2aa2" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(2B)</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In the case of an application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6 to 8, 12 and 13,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>paragraph 2(5)(a) of Schedule 3,</content></level><wrapUp>regulations under subsection (1) may make provision as to the persons entitled to make the application.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><wrapUp>shall, subject to any provision made by or under this Part, be granted.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision for the appropriate national authority to appoint a person to discharge any or all of its functions in relation to an application made to it under section 16.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any proposal by a commons registration authority to amend a register on its own initiative pursuant to section 19, Schedule 2 or paragraph 2(5)(b) of Schedule 3.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (6) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the persons to be notified of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the publication of a proposal (and the information or evidence to be published with a proposal);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the making of objections to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Regulations under this section may include provision for—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appropriate national authority to appoint persons as eligible to discharge functions of a commons registration authority in relation to applications made to, or proposals made by, the commons registration authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the appointment of one or more of those persons to discharge functions of the commons registration authority in the case of any description of application or proposal.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-9"><num>(9)</num><content>Regulations under this section may provide for the <del class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Church Commissioners</del><del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697722" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated</ins></del> to act with respect to any land or rights belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England which is vacant.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-25"><num>25</num><heading>Electronic registers</heading><subsection eId="section-25-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may require or permit the whole or any part of a register kept under this Part to be kept in electronic form.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>requirements to be complied with in relation to the recording of information in electronic form;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the certification of information recorded in electronic form (including the status of print-outs of such information).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may also include provision as to the process of converting a register, or part of a register, into electronic form.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The provision referred to in subsection (3) includes in particular provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the publicity to be given to such a conversion;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>requiring a provisional electronic version to be made available for inspection and comment;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the holding of an inquiry in relation to any question arising as a result of the conversion.</content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer></part>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-introductory"><heading>Introductory</heading><section eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Registers of common land and greens</heading><intro>Each commons registration authority shall continue to keep—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register known as a register of common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a register known as a register of town or village greens.</content></level></section><section eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Purpose of registers</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of common land is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as common land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of town or village greens is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as a town or village green.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Content of registers</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The land registered as common land in a register of common land is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The rights of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens are, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the rights registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other rights as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The following information is to be registered in a register of common land or town or village greens in respect of a right of common registered in it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the nature of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is attached to any land, the land to which it is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>if the right is not so attached, the owner of the right.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>require or permit other information to be included in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>make provision as to the form in which any information is to be presented in such a register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Except as provided under this Part or any other enactment—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>no land registered as common land or as a town or village green is to be removed from the register in which it is so registered;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no right of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens is to be removed from that register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content>No right of common over land to which this Part applies is to be registered in the register of title.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-4"><num>4</num><heading>Commons registration authorities</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The following are commons registration authorities—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a county council in England;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a district council in England for an area without a county council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a London borough council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>a county or county borough council in Wales.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>For the purposes of this Part, the commons registration authority in relation to any land is the authority in whose area the land is situated.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any land falls within the area of two or more commons registration authorities, the authorities may by agreement provide for one of them to be the commons registration authority in relation to the whole of the land.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-5"><num>5</num><heading>Land to which Part 1 applies</heading><subsection eId="section-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This Part applies to all land in England and Wales, subject as follows.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This Part does not apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the New Forest; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Epping Forest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This Part shall not be taken to apply to the Forest of Dean.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If any question arises under this Part whether any land is part of the forests mentioned in this section it is to be referred to and decided by the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Registers of common land and greens</heading><intro>Each commons registration authority shall continue to keep—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register known as a register of common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a register known as a register of town or village greens.</content></level></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Purpose of registers</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of common land is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as common land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of town or village greens is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as a town or village green.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of common land is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as common land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The purpose of a register of town or village greens is—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register land as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register rights of common exercisable over land registered as a town or village green.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Content of registers</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The land registered as common land in a register of common land is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The rights of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens are, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the rights registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other rights as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The following information is to be registered in a register of common land or town or village greens in respect of a right of common registered in it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the nature of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is attached to any land, the land to which it is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>if the right is not so attached, the owner of the right.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>require or permit other information to be included in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>make provision as to the form in which any information is to be presented in such a register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Except as provided under this Part or any other enactment—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>no land registered as common land or as a town or village green is to be removed from the register in which it is so registered;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no right of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens is to be removed from that register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content>No right of common over land to which this Part applies is to be registered in the register of title.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The land registered as common land in a register of common land is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens is, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land so registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other land as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The rights of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens are, subject to this Part, to be—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the rights registered in it at the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>such other rights as may be so registered in it under this Part.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The following information is to be registered in a register of common land or town or village greens in respect of a right of common registered in it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the nature of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is attached to any land, the land to which it is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>if the right is not so attached, the owner of the right.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>require or permit other information to be included in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>make provision as to the form in which any information is to be presented in such a register.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Except as provided under this Part or any other enactment—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>no land registered as common land or as a town or village green is to be removed from the register in which it is so registered;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no right of common registered in a register of common land or town or village greens is to be removed from that register.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content>No right of common over land to which this Part applies is to be registered in the register of title.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4"><num>4</num><heading>Commons registration authorities</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The following are commons registration authorities—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a county council in England;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a district council in England for an area without a county council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a London borough council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>a county or county borough council in Wales.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>For the purposes of this Part, the commons registration authority in relation to any land is the authority in whose area the land is situated.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any land falls within the area of two or more commons registration authorities, the authorities may by agreement provide for one of them to be the commons registration authority in relation to the whole of the land.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The following are commons registration authorities—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a county council in England;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a district council in England for an area without a county council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a London borough council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>a county or county borough council in Wales.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>For the purposes of this Part, the commons registration authority in relation to any land is the authority in whose area the land is situated.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any land falls within the area of two or more commons registration authorities, the authorities may by agreement provide for one of them to be the commons registration authority in relation to the whole of the land.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-5"><num>5</num><heading>Land to which Part 1 applies</heading><subsection eId="section-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This Part applies to all land in England and Wales, subject as follows.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This Part does not apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the New Forest; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Epping Forest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This Part shall not be taken to apply to the Forest of Dean.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If any question arises under this Part whether any land is part of the forests mentioned in this section it is to be referred to and decided by the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This Part applies to all land in England and Wales, subject as follows.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This Part does not apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the New Forest; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Epping Forest.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-5-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This Part shall not be taken to apply to the Forest of Dean.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-5-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If any question arises under this Part whether any land is part of the forests mentioned in this section it is to be referred to and decided by the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-registration-of-rights-of-common"><heading>Registration of rights of common</heading><section eId="section-6"><num>6</num><heading>Creation</heading><subsection eId="section-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created over land to which this Part applies by virtue of prescription.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created in any other way over land to which this Part applies except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as specified in subsection (3); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>pursuant to any other enactment.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A right of common may be created over land to which this Part applies by way of express grant if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land is not registered as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right is attached to land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) does not operate at law until on an application under this section—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right is registered in a register of common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is created over land not registered as common land, the land is registered in a register of common land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>An application under this section to register the creation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which it is created would be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-7"><num>7</num><heading>Variation</heading><subsection eId="section-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section a right of common is varied if by virtue of any disposition—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies instead of all or part of the land over which it was exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies in addition to the land over which it is already exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>there is any other alteration in what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to become exercisable over new land if that land is at the time registered as a town or village green.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to extend what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The variation of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the register is amended so as to record the variation.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>An application under this section to record a variation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which the right is or is to be exercisable would, in consequence of the variation, be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-8"><num>8</num><heading>Apportionment</heading><subsection eId="section-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the amendments to be made to a register of common land or town or village greens where a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land is apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that a register is only to be amended when—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition relating to an apportioned right itself falls to be registered under this Part; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the register falls to be amended under section 11.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where at any time—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land has been apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no amendments have been made under subsection (1) in respect of the apportionment of that right,</content></level><wrapUp>the rights of common subsisting as a result of the apportionment shall be regarded as rights which are registered in that register as attached to the land to which they attach as a result of the apportionment.</wrapUp></subsection></section><section eId="section-9"><num>9</num><heading>Severance</heading><subsection eId="section-9-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies to a right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>would, apart from this section, be capable of being severed from that land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common to which this section applies is not at any time on or after the day on which this section comes into force capable of being severed from the land to which it is attached, except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under Schedule 1; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under any other Act.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force would effect a disposition in relation to a right of common to which this section applies in contravention of subsection (2), the instrument is void to the extent that it would effect such a disposition.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition takes effect in relation to land to which a right of common to which this section applies is attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the disposition would have the effect of contravening subsection (2),</content></level><wrapUp>the disposition also has effect in relation to the right notwithstanding anything in the instrument to the contrary.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force a right of common to which this section applies falls to be apportioned between different parts of the land to which it is attached, the instrument is void to the extent that it purports to apportion the right otherwise than rateably.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Nothing in this section affects any instrument made before, or made pursuant to a contract made in writing before, the day on which this section comes into force.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-7"><num>(7)</num><content>This section and Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2005 (and an order under paragraph 2 of that Schedule may have effect as from that date).</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-10"><num>10</num><heading>Attachment</heading><subsection eId="section-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies to any right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens but is not registered as attached to any land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The owner of the right may apply to the commons registration authority for the right to be registered in that register as attached to any land, provided that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>he is entitled to occupy the land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the person entitled to occupy the land has consented to the application.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-11"><num>11</num><heading>Re-allocation of attached rights</heading><subsection eId="section-11-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies in relation to part of the land (“<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-part" eId="term-the-relevant-part">the relevant part</term>”),</content></level><wrapUp>the owner of the land may apply to the commons registration authority for the register to be amended so as to secure that the right does not attach to the relevant part.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-2"><num>(2)</num><content>This subsection applies where the relevant part is not used for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This subsection applies where planning permission has been granted for use of the relevant part for purposes which are not agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>an order authorising the compulsory purchase of the relevant part by any authority has been made in accordance with the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) (and, if the order requires to be confirmed under Part 2 of that Act, has been so confirmed);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the relevant part has not vested in the authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the relevant part is required for use other than use for agricultural purposes.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations may for the purposes of subsections (2) to (4) make provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as use of land for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may provide that an application under this section is not to be granted without the consent of any person specified in the regulations.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-12"><num>12</num><heading>Transfer of rights in gross</heading><intro>The transfer of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens but is not registered as attached to any land—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-12-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-12-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the transferee is registered in the register as the owner of the right.</content></level></section><section eId="section-13"><num>13</num><heading>Surrender and extinguishment</heading><subsection eId="section-13-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The surrender to any extent of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the right is removed from the register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The reference in subsection (1) to a surrender of a right of common does not include a disposition having the effect referred to in section 7(1)(a).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-13-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot be extinguished by operation of common law.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-6"><num>6</num><heading>Creation</heading><subsection eId="section-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created over land to which this Part applies by virtue of prescription.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created in any other way over land to which this Part applies except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as specified in subsection (3); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>pursuant to any other enactment.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A right of common may be created over land to which this Part applies by way of express grant if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land is not registered as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right is attached to land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) does not operate at law until on an application under this section—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right is registered in a register of common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is created over land not registered as common land, the land is registered in a register of common land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>An application under this section to register the creation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which it is created would be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created over land to which this Part applies by virtue of prescription.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be created in any other way over land to which this Part applies except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as specified in subsection (3); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>pursuant to any other enactment.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A right of common may be created over land to which this Part applies by way of express grant if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land is not registered as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right is attached to land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-6-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-6-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>The creation of a right of common in accordance with subsection (3) does not operate at law until on an application under this section—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right is registered in a register of common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the right is created over land not registered as common land, the land is registered in a register of common land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-6-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>An application under this section to register the creation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which it is created would be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-7"><num>7</num><heading>Variation</heading><subsection eId="section-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section a right of common is varied if by virtue of any disposition—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies instead of all or part of the land over which it was exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies in addition to the land over which it is already exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>there is any other alteration in what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to become exercisable over new land if that land is at the time registered as a town or village green.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to extend what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The variation of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the register is amended so as to record the variation.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>An application under this section to record a variation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which the right is or is to be exercisable would, in consequence of the variation, be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section a right of common is varied if by virtue of any disposition—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies instead of all or part of the land over which it was exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the right becomes exercisable over new land to which this Part applies in addition to the land over which it is already exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>there is any other alteration in what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to become exercisable over new land if that land is at the time registered as a town or village green.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of town or village greens cannot at any time after the commencement of this section be varied so as to extend what can be done by virtue of the right.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-7-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The variation of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the register is amended so as to record the variation.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-7-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>An application under this section to record a variation of a right of common consisting of a right to graze any animal is to be refused if in the opinion of the commons registration authority the land over which the right is or is to be exercisable would, in consequence of the variation, be unable to sustain the exercise of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that right; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>if the land is already registered as common land, any other rights of common registered as exercisable over the land.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-8"><num>8</num><heading>Apportionment</heading><subsection eId="section-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the amendments to be made to a register of common land or town or village greens where a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land is apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that a register is only to be amended when—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition relating to an apportioned right itself falls to be registered under this Part; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the register falls to be amended under section 11.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where at any time—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land has been apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no amendments have been made under subsection (1) in respect of the apportionment of that right,</content></level><wrapUp>the rights of common subsisting as a result of the apportionment shall be regarded as rights which are registered in that register as attached to the land to which they attach as a result of the apportionment.</wrapUp></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the amendments to be made to a register of common land or town or village greens where a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land is apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that a register is only to be amended when—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition relating to an apportioned right itself falls to be registered under this Part; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the register falls to be amended under section 11.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where at any time—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land has been apportioned by virtue of any disposition affecting the land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no amendments have been made under subsection (1) in respect of the apportionment of that right,</content></level><wrapUp>the rights of common subsisting as a result of the apportionment shall be regarded as rights which are registered in that register as attached to the land to which they attach as a result of the apportionment.</wrapUp></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9"><num>9</num><heading>Severance</heading><subsection eId="section-9-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies to a right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>would, apart from this section, be capable of being severed from that land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common to which this section applies is not at any time on or after the day on which this section comes into force capable of being severed from the land to which it is attached, except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under Schedule 1; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under any other Act.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force would effect a disposition in relation to a right of common to which this section applies in contravention of subsection (2), the instrument is void to the extent that it would effect such a disposition.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition takes effect in relation to land to which a right of common to which this section applies is attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the disposition would have the effect of contravening subsection (2),</content></level><wrapUp>the disposition also has effect in relation to the right notwithstanding anything in the instrument to the contrary.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force a right of common to which this section applies falls to be apportioned between different parts of the land to which it is attached, the instrument is void to the extent that it purports to apportion the right otherwise than rateably.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Nothing in this section affects any instrument made before, or made pursuant to a contract made in writing before, the day on which this section comes into force.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-9-7"><num>(7)</num><content>This section and Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2005 (and an order under paragraph 2 of that Schedule may have effect as from that date).</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies to a right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>would, apart from this section, be capable of being severed from that land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A right of common to which this section applies is not at any time on or after the day on which this section comes into force capable of being severed from the land to which it is attached, except—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under Schedule 1; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where the severance is authorised by or under any other Act.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Where any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force would effect a disposition in relation to a right of common to which this section applies in contravention of subsection (2), the instrument is void to the extent that it would effect such a disposition.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition takes effect in relation to land to which a right of common to which this section applies is attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the disposition would have the effect of contravening subsection (2),</content></level><wrapUp>the disposition also has effect in relation to the right notwithstanding anything in the instrument to the contrary.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Where by virtue of any instrument made on or after the day on which this section comes into force a right of common to which this section applies falls to be apportioned between different parts of the land to which it is attached, the instrument is void to the extent that it purports to apportion the right otherwise than rateably.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Nothing in this section affects any instrument made before, or made pursuant to a contract made in writing before, the day on which this section comes into force.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-9-7"><num>(7)</num><content>This section and Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2005 (and an order under paragraph 2 of that Schedule may have effect as from that date).</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-10"><num>10</num><heading>Attachment</heading><subsection eId="section-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies to any right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens but is not registered as attached to any land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The owner of the right may apply to the commons registration authority for the right to be registered in that register as attached to any land, provided that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>he is entitled to occupy the land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the person entitled to occupy the land has consented to the application.</content></level></subsection></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-11"><num>11</num><heading>Re-allocation of attached rights</heading><subsection eId="section-11-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies in relation to part of the land (“<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-part" eId="term-the-relevant-part">the relevant part</term>”),</content></level><wrapUp>the owner of the land may apply to the commons registration authority for the register to be amended so as to secure that the right does not attach to the relevant part.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-2"><num>(2)</num><content>This subsection applies where the relevant part is not used for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This subsection applies where planning permission has been granted for use of the relevant part for purposes which are not agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>an order authorising the compulsory purchase of the relevant part by any authority has been made in accordance with the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) (and, if the order requires to be confirmed under Part 2 of that Act, has been so confirmed);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the relevant part has not vested in the authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the relevant part is required for use other than use for agricultural purposes.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations may for the purposes of subsections (2) to (4) make provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as use of land for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may provide that an application under this section is not to be granted without the consent of any person specified in the regulations.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-11-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a right of common is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens as attached to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies in relation to part of the land (“<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-part" eId="term-the-relevant-part">the relevant part</term>”),</content></level><wrapUp>the owner of the land may apply to the commons registration authority for the register to be amended so as to secure that the right does not attach to the relevant part.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-11-2"><num>(2)</num><content>This subsection applies where the relevant part is not used for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-11-3"><num>(3)</num><content>This subsection applies where planning permission has been granted for use of the relevant part for purposes which are not agricultural purposes.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-11-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>an order authorising the compulsory purchase of the relevant part by any authority has been made in accordance with the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) (and, if the order requires to be confirmed under Part 2 of that Act, has been so confirmed);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the relevant part has not vested in the authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the relevant part is required for use other than use for agricultural purposes.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-11-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations may for the purposes of subsections (2) to (4) make provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as use of land for agricultural purposes.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-11-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may provide that an application under this section is not to be granted without the consent of any person specified in the regulations.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-12"><num>12</num><heading>Transfer of rights in gross</heading><intro>The transfer of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens but is not registered as attached to any land—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-12-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-12-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the transferee is registered in the register as the owner of the right.</content></level></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-13"><num>13</num><heading>Surrender and extinguishment</heading><subsection eId="section-13-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The surrender to any extent of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the right is removed from the register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The reference in subsection (1) to a surrender of a right of common does not include a disposition having the effect referred to in section 7(1)(a).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-13-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot be extinguished by operation of common law.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-13-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The surrender to any extent of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-13-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the right is removed from the register.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The reference in subsection (1) to a surrender of a right of common does not include a disposition having the effect referred to in section 7(1)(a).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-13-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot be extinguished by operation of common law.</content></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-registration-deregistration-and-exchange-of-land"><heading>Registration, deregistration and exchange of land</heading><section eId="section-14"><num>14</num><heading>Statutory dispositions</heading><subsection eId="section-14-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Regulations may make provision as to the amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens where by virtue of any relevant instrument—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition is made in relation to land registered in it as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a disposition is made in relation to a right of common registered in it.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations may provide that, where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>by virtue of any relevant instrument a disposition is made in relation to land registered as common land or as a town or village green,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>by virtue of regulations under subsection (1) the land ceases to be so registered, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in connection with the disposition other land is given in exchange,</content></level><wrapUp>the land given in exchange is to be registered as common land or as a town or village green.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-instrument" eId="term-relevant-instrument">relevant instrument</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any order, deed or other instrument made under or pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-b"><num><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983-1560503468444" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983" class="commentary"/>(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983-1560503468444" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983">a deed made for the purposes of section 28 of the Church Property Measure 2018;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other instrument made under or pursuant to any enactment.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Regulations under this section may require the making of an application to a commons registration authority for amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations under this section may provide that a relevant instrument, so far as relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green or to any right of common, is not to operate at law until any requirement for which they provide is complied with.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-15"><num>15</num><heading>Registration of greens</heading><subsection eId="section-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Any person may apply to the commons registration authority to register land to which this Part applies as a town or village green in a case where subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they continue to do so at the time of the application.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the time of the application but after the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09-1439202106990" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09" class="commentary"/>the relevant period </ins>.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-3A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd" class="commentary"/>(3A)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> In subsection (3), “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-period"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">the relevant period</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> ” means— </ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in England, the period of one year beginning with the cessation mentioned in subsection (3)(b);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in Wales, the period of two years beginning with that cessation.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies (subject to subsection (5)) where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within the period of five years beginning with the cessation referred to in paragraph (b).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to any land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>planning permission was granted before 23 June 2006 in respect of the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>construction works were commenced before that date in accordance with that planning permission on the land or any other land in respect of which the permission was granted; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the land—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>has by reason of any works carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>will by reason of any works proposed to be carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for those purposes.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-6"><num>(6)</num><content>In determining the period of 20 years referred to in subsections (2)(a), (3)(a) and (4)(a), there is to be disregarded any period during which access to the land was prohibited to members of the public by reason of any enactment.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) in a case where the condition in subsection (2)(a) is satisfied—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where persons indulge as of right in lawful sports and pastimes immediately before access to the land is prohibited as specified in subsection (6), those persons are to be regarded as continuing so to indulge; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where permission is granted in respect of use of the land for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes, the permission is to be disregarded in determining whether persons continue to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes on the land “as of right”.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-8"><num>(8)</num><content>The owner of any land may apply to the commons registration authority to register the land as a town or village green.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-9"><num>(9)</num><content>An application under subsection (8) may only be made with the consent of any relevant leaseholder of, and the proprietor of any relevant charge over, the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-10"><num>(10)</num><intro>In subsection (9)—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-charge" eId="term-relevant-charge">relevant charge</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to land which is registered in the register of title, a registered charge within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>in relation to land which is not so registered—<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(i)</num>a charge registered under the Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61); or</item><item><num>(ii)</num>a legal mortgage, within the meaning of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20), which is not registered under the Land Charges Act 1972;</item></blockList></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” means a leaseholder under a lease for a term of more than seven years from the date on which the lease was granted.</content></hcontainer></subsection></section><section eId="section-15A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7" class="commentary"/>15A</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Registration of greens: statement by owner</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-15A-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Where the owner of any land </ins><noteRef href="#key-bfbefbc8aefb4ebd817708b08e337f6e" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">... to which this Part applies deposits with the commons registration authority a statement in the prescribed form, the statement is to be regarded, for the purposes of section 15, as bringing to an end any period during which persons have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land to which the statement relates.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(2)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Subsection (1) does not prevent a new period commencing.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">A statement under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a map in the prescribed form identifying the land to which the statement relates.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(4)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">An owner of land may deposit more than one statement under subsection (1) in respect of the same land.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">If more than one statement is deposited in respect of the same land, a later statement (whether or not made by the same person) may refer to the map which accompanied an earlier statement and that map is to be treated, for the purposes of this section, as also accompanying the later statement.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(6)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Where a statement is deposited under subsection (1), the commons registration authority must take the prescribed steps in relation to the statement and accompanying map and do so in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period (if any).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-7"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(7)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Regulations may make provision—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for a statement required for the purposes of this section to be combined with a statement or declaration required for the purposes of section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for the requirement in subsection (3) to be satisfied by the statement referring to a map previously deposited under section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-c"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the fees payable in relation to the depositing of a statement under subsection (1) (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the commons registration authority);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-d"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to when a statement under subsection (1) is to be regarded as having been deposited with the commons registration authority.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-8"><num><noteRef href="#key-ce039e215aeaf686ed035291e7e4ed79" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(8)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-9"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(9)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-14-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Regulations may make provision as to the amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens where by virtue of any relevant instrument—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a disposition is made in relation to land registered in it as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a disposition is made in relation to a right of common registered in it.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-14-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations may provide that, where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>by virtue of any relevant instrument a disposition is made in relation to land registered as common land or as a town or village green,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>by virtue of regulations under subsection (1) the land ceases to be so registered, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in connection with the disposition other land is given in exchange,</content></level><wrapUp>the land given in exchange is to be registered as common land or as a town or village green.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-14-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-instrument" eId="term-relevant-instrument">relevant instrument</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any order, deed or other instrument made under or pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-b"><num><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983-1560503468444" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983" class="commentary"/>(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983-1560503468444" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-85fe002562eb11b70e1730f2d2d4d983">a deed made for the purposes of section 28 of the Church Property Measure 2018;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other instrument made under or pursuant to any enactment.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-14-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Regulations under this section may require the making of an application to a commons registration authority for amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-14-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations under this section may provide that a relevant instrument, so far as relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green or to any right of common, is not to operate at law until any requirement for which they provide is complied with.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-15"><num>15</num><heading>Registration of greens</heading><subsection eId="section-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Any person may apply to the commons registration authority to register land to which this Part applies as a town or village green in a case where subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they continue to do so at the time of the application.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the time of the application but after the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09-1439202106990" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09" class="commentary"/>the relevant period </ins>.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-3A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd" class="commentary"/>(3A)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> In subsection (3), “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-period"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">the relevant period</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> ” means— </ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in England, the period of one year beginning with the cessation mentioned in subsection (3)(b);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in Wales, the period of two years beginning with that cessation.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies (subject to subsection (5)) where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within the period of five years beginning with the cessation referred to in paragraph (b).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to any land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>planning permission was granted before 23 June 2006 in respect of the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>construction works were commenced before that date in accordance with that planning permission on the land or any other land in respect of which the permission was granted; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the land—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>has by reason of any works carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>will by reason of any works proposed to be carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for those purposes.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-6"><num>(6)</num><content>In determining the period of 20 years referred to in subsections (2)(a), (3)(a) and (4)(a), there is to be disregarded any period during which access to the land was prohibited to members of the public by reason of any enactment.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) in a case where the condition in subsection (2)(a) is satisfied—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where persons indulge as of right in lawful sports and pastimes immediately before access to the land is prohibited as specified in subsection (6), those persons are to be regarded as continuing so to indulge; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where permission is granted in respect of use of the land for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes, the permission is to be disregarded in determining whether persons continue to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes on the land “as of right”.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-8"><num>(8)</num><content>The owner of any land may apply to the commons registration authority to register the land as a town or village green.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-9"><num>(9)</num><content>An application under subsection (8) may only be made with the consent of any relevant leaseholder of, and the proprietor of any relevant charge over, the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-10"><num>(10)</num><intro>In subsection (9)—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-charge" eId="term-relevant-charge">relevant charge</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to land which is registered in the register of title, a registered charge within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>in relation to land which is not so registered—<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(i)</num>a charge registered under the Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61); or</item><item><num>(ii)</num>a legal mortgage, within the meaning of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20), which is not registered under the Land Charges Act 1972;</item></blockList></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” means a leaseholder under a lease for a term of more than seven years from the date on which the lease was granted.</content></hcontainer></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Any person may apply to the commons registration authority to register land to which this Part applies as a town or village green in a case where subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they continue to do so at the time of the application.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-15-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>This subsection applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the time of the application but after the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09-1439202106990" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-885312a23e77fc19cd5a4eb84a074a09" class="commentary"/>the relevant period </ins>.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>This subsection applies (subject to subsection (5)) where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>they ceased to do so before the commencement of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the application is made within the period of five years beginning with the cessation referred to in paragraph (b).</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-15-3A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd" class="commentary"/>(3A)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> In subsection (3), “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-period"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">the relevant period</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd"> ” means— </ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in England, the period of one year beginning with the cessation mentioned in subsection (3)(b);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3A-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd-1439202156474" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-ce063abb4e6a3ef78beaa2b6164101cd">in the case of an application relating to land in Wales, the period of two years beginning with that cessation.</ins></content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to any land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>planning permission was granted before 23 June 2006 in respect of the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>construction works were commenced before that date in accordance with that planning permission on the land or any other land in respect of which the permission was granted; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-5-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the land—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>has by reason of any works carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>will by reason of any works proposed to be carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for those purposes.</content></level></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-15-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>planning permission was granted before 23 June 2006 in respect of the land;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-15-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>construction works were commenced before that date in accordance with that planning permission on the land or any other land in respect of which the permission was granted; and</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-15-5-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the land—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>has by reason of any works carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-15-5-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>will by reason of any works proposed to be carried out in accordance with that planning permission become permanently unusable by members of the public for those purposes.</content></level></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-6"><num>(6)</num><content>In determining the period of 20 years referred to in subsections (2)(a), (3)(a) and (4)(a), there is to be disregarded any period during which access to the land was prohibited to members of the public by reason of any enactment.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) in a case where the condition in subsection (2)(a) is satisfied—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>where persons indulge as of right in lawful sports and pastimes immediately before access to the land is prohibited as specified in subsection (6), those persons are to be regarded as continuing so to indulge; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where permission is granted in respect of use of the land for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes, the permission is to be disregarded in determining whether persons continue to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes on the land “as of right”.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-8"><num>(8)</num><content>The owner of any land may apply to the commons registration authority to register the land as a town or village green.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-15-9"><num>(9)</num><content>An application under subsection (8) may only be made with the consent of any relevant leaseholder of, and the proprietor of any relevant charge over, the land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15-10"><num>(10)</num><intro>In subsection (9)—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-charge" eId="term-relevant-charge">relevant charge</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to land which is registered in the register of title, a registered charge within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>in relation to land which is not so registered—<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(i)</num>a charge registered under the Land Charges Act 1972 (c. 61); or</item><item><num>(ii)</num>a legal mortgage, within the meaning of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20), which is not registered under the Land Charges Act 1972;</item></blockList></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” means a leaseholder under a lease for a term of more than seven years from the date on which the lease was granted.</content></hcontainer></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-2008-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">the 2008 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means the Planning Act 2008.</ins></content></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Buildings registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as a town or village green or as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as a town or village green in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on 31 July 1970 was land allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as a town or village green or as common land under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>continues to be land allotted as specified in paragraph (a);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as a town or village green was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>common land within the meaning of that Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>a town or village green.</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d)(ii), land is to be taken not to have been a town or village green immediately before its provisional registration if (and only if)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>throughout the period of 20 years preceding the date of its provisional registration the land was, by reason of its physical nature, unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not, and at the time of the application under this paragraph still is not, allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities, during a period specified in the regulations (“<term refersTo="#term-the-transitional-period" eId="term-the-transitional-period">the transitional period</term>”), to amend their registers of common land and town or village greens in consequence of qualifying events which were not registered under the 1965 Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The following are qualifying events for the purposes of this Schedule—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>the creation of a right of common (by any means, including prescription), where occurring in relation to land to which this Part applies at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after 2 January 1970; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>any relevant disposition in relation to a right of common registered under the 1965 Act, or any extinguishment of such a right, where occurring at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after the date of the registration of the right under that Act; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a disposition occurring before the commencement of this paragraph by virtue of any relevant instrument in relation to land which at the time of the disposition was registered as common land or a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the giving of land in exchange for any land subject to a disposition referred to in paragraph (c).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(b) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-disposition" eId="term-relevant-disposition">relevant disposition</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the surrender of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the variation of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in the case of a right of common attached to land, the apportionment or severance of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>in the case of a right not attached to land, the transfer of the right.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(c) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-instrument" eId="term-relevant-instrument">relevant instrument</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any order, deed or other instrument made under or pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a conveyance made for the purposes of section 13 of the New Parishes Measure 1943 (<abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 1);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other instrument made under or pursuant to any enactment.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations under this paragraph may include provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers as specified in sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on the application of a person specified in the regulations; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on their own initiative.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Regulations under sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include provision requiring a commons registration authority to take steps to discover information relating to qualifying events, including in particular requiring an authority to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>carry out a review of information already contained in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>publicise the review;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>invite persons to supply information for, or to apply for amendment of, the register.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>At the end of the transitional period, any right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is not registered in a register of common land or town or village greens, but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was capable of being so registered under paragraph 2,</content></level><wrapUp>is by virtue of this paragraph at that time extinguished.</wrapUp></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers of common land or town or village greens after the end of the transitional period, in circumstances specified in the regulations, in consequence of qualifying events.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Regulations under this paragraph may provide that paragraph 3 is to be treated as not having applied to any right of common which is registered pursuant to the regulations.</content></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content>Regulations under paragraph 2 or 4 may in particular include provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as severance of a right of common for the purposes of those regulations.</content></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force be severed permanently from the land to which it is attached by being transferred on its own to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council established for the land over which the right is exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Natural England (where the land or any part of it is in England); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19-1439138135756" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> (where the land or any part of it is in Wales).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where a person proposes to sever a right of common to which section 9 applies by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c), Natural England or <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a-1439138181454" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> as the case may be must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>give notice of the proposal to the owner of the land over which the right is exercisable unless his name and address cannot reasonably be ascertained;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in a case where there is no commons council established for the land, give notice of the proposal to such persons (if any) as they consider represent the interests of persons exercising rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A notice under sub-paragraph (2) must be given at least two months before the transfer and must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>specify the name and address of the owner of the land to which the right is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>describe the right proposed to be transferred, giving such details as regulations may specify;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>state the proposed consideration for the transfer; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>give such other information as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable over land for which a commons council is established, the right may only be severed by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) if that council consents to the transfer.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><content>In a case where there is no commons council established for the land over which a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that a person with functions of management conferred by any enactment in relation to that land is to be regarded, for any or all purposes of this paragraph, as a commons council established for the land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land which at the time of the application under sub-paragraph (1) is waste land of a manor and where, before the commencement of this paragraph—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an objection was made in relation to the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration was cancelled in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (3), (4) or (5).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that, although the land had been waste land of a manor at some earlier time, it was not such land at the time of the determination because it had ceased to be connected with the manor; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>for that reason only the Commissioner refused to confirm the provisional registration.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that the land was not subject to rights of common and for that reason refused to confirm the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the Commissioner did not consider whether the land was waste land of a manor.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that the person on whose application the provisional registration was made requested or agreed to its cancellation (whether before or after its referral to a Commons Commissioner).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as common land was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not any of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land subject to rights of common;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>waste land of a manor;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>a town or village green within the meaning of the 1965 Act as originally enacted; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>land of a description specified in section 11 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118).</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the payment of costs which pursuant to an application under this Schedule are incurred by the applicant, an objector or the person determining the application.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>That provision may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>for the payment of costs by the applicant, an objector or a commons registration authority;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>for the person determining an application or the appropriate national authority to determine who is liable to pay costs and how much they are liable to pay.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-regulations" eId="term-regulations">regulations</term>” means regulations made by the appropriate national authority;</content></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16"><num>16</num><heading>Deregistration and exchange: applications</heading><subsection eId="section-16-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The owner of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green may apply to the appropriate national authority for the land (“the release land”) to cease to be so registered.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-2"><num>(2)</num><content>If the release land is more than 200 square metres in area, the application must include a proposal under subsection (3).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A proposal under this subsection is a proposal that land specified in the application (“replacement land”) be registered as common land or as a town or village green in place of the release land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If the release land is not more than 200 square metres in area, the application may include a proposal under subsection (3).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where the application includes a proposal under subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the replacement land must be land to which this Part applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the replacement land must not already be registered as common land or as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>if the owner of the release land does not own the replacement land, the owner of the replacement land must join in the application.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In determining the application, the appropriate national authority shall have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the release land (and in particular persons exercising rights of common over it);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the interests of the neighbourhood;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the public interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-d"><num>(d)</num><content>any other matter considered to be relevant.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority shall in a case where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the release land is not more than 200 square metres in area, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the application does not include a proposal under subsection (3),</content></level><wrapUp>have particular regard under subsection (6) to the extent to which the absence of such a proposal is prejudicial to the interests specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (6)(c) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>An application under this section may only be made with the consent of any relevant leaseholder of, and the proprietor of any relevant charge over—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the release land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any replacement land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-10"><num>(10)</num><content>In subsection (9) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-charge" eId="term-relevant-charge">relevant charge</term>” and “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” have the meanings given by section 15(10).</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The owner of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green may apply to the appropriate national authority for the land (“the release land”) to cease to be so registered.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-2"><num>(2)</num><content>If the release land is more than 200 square metres in area, the application must include a proposal under subsection (3).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A proposal under this subsection is a proposal that land specified in the application (“replacement land”) be registered as common land or as a town or village green in place of the release land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If the release land is not more than 200 square metres in area, the application may include a proposal under subsection (3).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where the application includes a proposal under subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the replacement land must be land to which this Part applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the replacement land must not already be registered as common land or as a town or village green; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>if the owner of the release land does not own the replacement land, the owner of the replacement land must join in the application.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In determining the application, the appropriate national authority shall have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the release land (and in particular persons exercising rights of common over it);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the interests of the neighbourhood;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the public interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-6-d"><num>(d)</num><content>any other matter considered to be relevant.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority shall in a case where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the release land is not more than 200 square metres in area, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the application does not include a proposal under subsection (3),</content></level><wrapUp>have particular regard under subsection (6) to the extent to which the absence of such a proposal is prejudicial to the interests specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (6)(c) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-8-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>An application under this section may only be made with the consent of any relevant leaseholder of, and the proprietor of any relevant charge over—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the release land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any replacement land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-16-10"><num>(10)</num><content>In subsection (9) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-charge" eId="term-relevant-charge">relevant charge</term>” and “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” have the meanings given by section 15(10).</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-15A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7" class="commentary"/>15A</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Registration of greens: statement by owner</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-15A-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Where the owner of any land </ins><noteRef href="#key-bfbefbc8aefb4ebd817708b08e337f6e" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">... to which this Part applies deposits with the commons registration authority a statement in the prescribed form, the statement is to be regarded, for the purposes of section 15, as bringing to an end any period during which persons have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land to which the statement relates.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(2)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Subsection (1) does not prevent a new period commencing.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">A statement under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a map in the prescribed form identifying the land to which the statement relates.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(4)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">An owner of land may deposit more than one statement under subsection (1) in respect of the same land.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">If more than one statement is deposited in respect of the same land, a later statement (whether or not made by the same person) may refer to the map which accompanied an earlier statement and that map is to be treated, for the purposes of this section, as also accompanying the later statement.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(6)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Where a statement is deposited under subsection (1), the commons registration authority must take the prescribed steps in relation to the statement and accompanying map and do so in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period (if any).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-7"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(7)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Regulations may make provision—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for a statement required for the purposes of this section to be combined with a statement or declaration required for the purposes of section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for the requirement in subsection (3) to be satisfied by the statement referring to a map previously deposited under section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-c"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the fees payable in relation to the depositing of a statement under subsection (1) (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the commons registration authority);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-d"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to when a statement under subsection (1) is to be regarded as having been deposited with the commons registration authority.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-8"><num><noteRef href="#key-ce039e215aeaf686ed035291e7e4ed79" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(8)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15A-9"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(9)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15A-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(2)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Subsection (1) does not prevent a new period commencing.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15A-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">A statement under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a map in the prescribed form identifying the land to which the statement relates.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15A-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(4)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">An owner of land may deposit more than one statement under subsection (1) in respect of the same land.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15A-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">If more than one statement is deposited in respect of the same land, a later statement (whether or not made by the same person) may refer to the map which accompanied an earlier statement and that map is to be treated, for the purposes of this section, as also accompanying the later statement.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15A-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(6)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Where a statement is deposited under subsection (1), the commons registration authority must take the prescribed steps in relation to the statement and accompanying map and do so in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period (if any).</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15A-7"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(7)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Regulations may make provision—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for a statement required for the purposes of this section to be combined with a statement or declaration required for the purposes of section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for the requirement in subsection (3) to be satisfied by the statement referring to a map previously deposited under section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-c"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the fees payable in relation to the depositing of a statement under subsection (1) (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the commons registration authority);</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-d"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to when a statement under subsection (1) is to be regarded as having been deposited with the commons registration authority.</ins></content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for a statement required for the purposes of this section to be combined with a statement or declaration required for the purposes of section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">for the requirement in subsection (3) to be satisfied by the statement referring to a map previously deposited under section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980;</ins></content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-c"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the fees payable in relation to the depositing of a statement under subsection (1) (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the commons registration authority);</ins></content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-15A-7-d"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to when a statement under subsection (1) is to be regarded as having been deposited with the commons registration authority.</ins></content></level>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17"><num>17</num><heading>Deregistration and exchange: orders</heading><subsection eId="section-17-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Where the appropriate national authority grants an application under section 16 it must make an order requiring the commons registration authority to remove the release land from its register of common land or town or village greens.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where the application included a proposal to register replacement land, the order shall also require the commons registration authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register the replacement land as common land or as a town or village green in place of the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register as exercisable over the replacement land any rights of common which, immediately before the relevant date, are registered as exercisable over the release land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons registration authority must take such other steps on receiving an order under this section as regulations may require.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where immediately before the relevant date any rights of common are registered as exercisable over the release land, those rights are on that date extinguished in relation to that land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where immediately before the relevant date any rights are exercisable over the release land by virtue of its being, or being part of, a town or village green—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>those rights are extinguished on that date in respect of the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where any replacement land is registered in its place, those rights shall become exercisable as from that date over the replacement land instead.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Where immediately before the relevant date the release land was registered as common land and any relevant provision applied in relation to it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provision shall on that date cease to apply to the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where any replacement land is registered in its place, the provision shall on that date apply to the replacement land instead.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>An order under this section may contain—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision disapplying the effect of subsection (5)(b) or (6)(b) in relation to any replacement land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to any replacement land of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any rights exercisable over the release land by virtue of its being, or being part of, a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any relevant provision;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to the release land or any replacement land of any local or personal Act.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>In subsections (6) and (7) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-provision" eId="term-relevant-provision">relevant provision</term>” means a provision contained in, or made under—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>an Act under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-d"><num>(d)</num><content>a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-e"><num>(e)</num><content>section 1 of the Commons Act 1908 (c. 44).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-9"><num>(9)</num><content>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-date" eId="term-relevant-date">relevant date</term>” means the date on which the commons registration authority amends its register as required under subsections (1) and (2).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-10"><num>(10)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for the publication of an order under this section.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Where the appropriate national authority grants an application under section 16 it must make an order requiring the commons registration authority to remove the release land from its register of common land or town or village greens.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where the application included a proposal to register replacement land, the order shall also require the commons registration authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to register the replacement land as common land or as a town or village green in place of the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to register as exercisable over the replacement land any rights of common which, immediately before the relevant date, are registered as exercisable over the release land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons registration authority must take such other steps on receiving an order under this section as regulations may require.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where immediately before the relevant date any rights of common are registered as exercisable over the release land, those rights are on that date extinguished in relation to that land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where immediately before the relevant date any rights are exercisable over the release land by virtue of its being, or being part of, a town or village green—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>those rights are extinguished on that date in respect of the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where any replacement land is registered in its place, those rights shall become exercisable as from that date over the replacement land instead.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Where immediately before the relevant date the release land was registered as common land and any relevant provision applied in relation to it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provision shall on that date cease to apply to the release land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>where any replacement land is registered in its place, the provision shall on that date apply to the replacement land instead.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>An order under this section may contain—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision disapplying the effect of subsection (5)(b) or (6)(b) in relation to any replacement land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to any replacement land of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any rights exercisable over the release land by virtue of its being, or being part of, a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any relevant provision;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to the release land or any replacement land of any local or personal Act.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-17-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision disapplying the effect of subsection (5)(b) or (6)(b) in relation to any replacement land;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-17-7-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to any replacement land of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any rights exercisable over the release land by virtue of its being, or being part of, a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-7-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any relevant provision;</content></level></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-17-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>supplementary provision as to the effect in relation to the release land or any replacement land of any local or personal Act.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>In subsections (6) and (7) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-provision" eId="term-relevant-provision">relevant provision</term>” means a provision contained in, or made under—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>an Act under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-d"><num>(d)</num><content>a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-8-e"><num>(e)</num><content>section 1 of the Commons Act 1908 (c. 44).</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-9"><num>(9)</num><content>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-date" eId="term-relevant-date">relevant date</term>” means the date on which the commons registration authority amends its register as required under subsections (1) and (2).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-17-10"><num>(10)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for the publication of an order under this section.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15B"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">15B</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Register of section 15A statements</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-15B-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Each commons registration authority must keep, in such manner as may be prescribed, a register containing prescribed information about statements deposited under section 15A(1) and the maps accompanying those statements.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(2)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">The register kept under this section must be available for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">A commons registration authority may discharge its duty under subsection (1) by including the prescribed information in the register kept by it under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980 (register of maps and statements deposited and declarations lodged under section 31(6) of that Act).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(4)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Regulations may make provision—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15B-4-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">where a commons registration authority discharges its duty under subsection (1) in the way described in subsection (3), for the creation of a new part of the register kept under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980 for that purpose;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15B-4-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the circumstances in which an entry relating to a statement deposited under section 15A(1) or a map accompanying such a statement, or anything relating to the entry, is to be removed from the register kept under this section or (as the case may be) the register kept under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15B-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"> In this section “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-prescribed"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">prescribed</ins></term><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"> ” means prescribed in regulations. </ins> </content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15B-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Each commons registration authority must keep, in such manner as may be prescribed, a register containing prescribed information about statements deposited under section 15A(1) and the maps accompanying those statements.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15B-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(2)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">The register kept under this section must be available for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15B-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">A commons registration authority may discharge its duty under subsection (1) by including the prescribed information in the register kept by it under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980 (register of maps and statements deposited and declarations lodged under section 31(6) of that Act).</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15B-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(4)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">Regulations may make provision—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15B-4-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">where a commons registration authority discharges its duty under subsection (1) in the way described in subsection (3), for the creation of a new part of the register kept under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980 for that purpose;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15B-4-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">as to the circumstances in which an entry relating to a statement deposited under section 15A(1) or a map accompanying such a statement, or anything relating to the entry, is to be removed from the register kept under this section or (as the case may be) the register kept under section 31A of the Highways Act 1980.</ins></content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15B-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"> In this section “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-prescribed"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7">prescribed</ins></term><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7-1439200060889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b9f4f0fe861ad1caf17433f59f587bf7"> ” means prescribed in regulations. </ins> </content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-15C"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0" class="commentary"/>15C</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">Registration of greens: exclusions</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-15C-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(1)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The right under section 15(1) to apply to register land </ins><noteRef href="#key-5add8a4e84a8c74a4ceab8fe08cdb2d0" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">... as a town or village green ceases to apply if an event specified in the first column of the Table set out in </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6a5fc34e0bfb83ef429ef01def2e992e-1486557154968" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6a5fc34e0bfb83ef429ef01def2e992e"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6a5fc34e0bfb83ef429ef01def2e992e" class="commentary"/>the relevant Schedule</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> has occurred in relation to the land (“a trigger event”).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(2)</ins></num><content><mod><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">

Where the right under section 15(1) has ceased to apply because of the occurrence of a trigger event, it becomes exercisable again only if an event specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the Table </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-88a7b1405230bca151996ad4f65e22ba-1486557191327" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-88a7b1405230bca151996ad4f65e22ba"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-88a7b1405230bca151996ad4f65e22ba" class="commentary"/>set out in the relevant Schedule</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> occurs in relation to the land ( </ins><quotedText><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">“a terminating event”</ins></quotedText><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">). </ins></mod></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-3"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(3)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-14dfb4b0e233d234c91ad2b0f03f8eec-1486557228728" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-14dfb4b0e233d234c91ad2b0f03f8eec"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-14dfb4b0e233d234c91ad2b0f03f8eec" class="commentary"/>appropriate national authority</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> may by order make provision as to when a trigger or a terminating event is to be treated as having occurred for the purposes of this section.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-4"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(4)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7bd265b269e5fbc5f72f927367c2f0f1-1486557259588" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7bd265b269e5fbc5f72f927367c2f0f1"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7bd265b269e5fbc5f72f927367c2f0f1" class="commentary"/>appropriate national authority</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> may by order provide that subsection (1) does not apply in circumstances specified in the order.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(5)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746-1486557297538" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746" class="commentary"/>appropriate national authority</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> may by order amend </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305-1486557345908" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305" class="commentary"/>the relevant Schedule</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> so as to—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-5-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">specify additional trigger or terminating events;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-5-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">amend or omit any of the trigger or terminating events for the time being specified in the Schedule.</ins></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(6)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">A trigger or terminating event specified by order under subsection (5)(a) must be an event related to the development (whether past, present or future) of the land.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-7"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(7)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The transitional provision that may be included in an order under subsection (5)(a) specifying an additional trigger or terminating event includes provision for this section to apply where such an event has occurred before the order is made or before it comes into force and as to its application in such a case.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-8"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(8)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">For the purposes of determining whether an application under section 15 is made within the period mentioned in section 15(3)(c), any period during which an application to register land as a town or village green may not be made by virtue of this section is to be disregarded.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-15C-9"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff" class="commentary"/>(9)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">In this section “</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-schedule"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">the relevant Schedule</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">” means—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-9-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">Schedule 1A, in relation to land in England;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-9-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">Schedule 1B, in relation to land in Wales.</ins></content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-15C-5"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(5)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746-1486557297538" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8db67c01130dab8bb20ab2b7e4ad5746" class="commentary"/>appropriate national authority</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> may by order amend </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305-1486557345908" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f1aa2d834524add900dbd5d4dd740305" class="commentary"/>the relevant Schedule</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0"> so as to—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-5-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">specify additional trigger or terminating events;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-5-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">amend or omit any of the trigger or terminating events for the time being specified in the Schedule.</ins></content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15C-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(6)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">A trigger or terminating event specified by order under subsection (5)(a) must be an event related to the development (whether past, present or future) of the land.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15C-7"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(7)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">The transitional provision that may be included in an order under subsection (5)(a) specifying an additional trigger or terminating event includes provision for this section to apply where such an event has occurred before the order is made or before it comes into force and as to its application in such a case.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-15C-8"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">(8)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0-1439198442546" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d0afb45e0e33161e420b93a061bca1e0">For the purposes of determining whether an application under section 15 is made within the period mentioned in section 15(3)(c), any period during which an application to register land as a town or village green may not be made by virtue of this section is to be disregarded.</ins></content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-15C-9"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff" class="commentary"/>(9)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">In this section “</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-schedule"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">the relevant Schedule</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">” means—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-9-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">Schedule 1A, in relation to land in England;</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15C-9-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff-1486557075937" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e61d0a1d579e38338ec3785adf68eff">Schedule 1B, in relation to land in Wales.</ins></content></level></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-conclusiveness-and-correction-of-the-registers"><heading>Conclusiveness and correction of the registers</heading><section eId="section-18"><num>18</num><heading>Conclusiveness</heading><subsection eId="section-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies to land registered as common land, or as a town or village green, which is registered as being subject to a right of common.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-2"><num>(2)</num><content>If the land would not otherwise have been subject to that right, it shall be deemed to have become subject to that right, as specified in the register, upon its registration.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-3"><num>(3)</num><content>If the right is registered as attached to any land, the right shall, if it would not otherwise have attached to that land, be deemed to have become so attached upon registration of its attachment.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If the right is not registered as attached to any land, the person registered as the owner of the right shall, if he would not otherwise have been its owner, be deemed to have become its owner upon his registration.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Nothing in subsection (2) affects any constraint on the exercise of a right of common where the constraint does not appear in the register.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-6"><num>(6)</num><content>It is immaterial whether the registration referred to in subsection (2), (3) or (4) occurred before or after the commencement of this section.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-19"><num>19</num><heading>Correction</heading><subsection eId="section-19-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons registration authority may amend its register of common land or town or village greens for any purpose referred to in subsection (2).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Those purposes are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>correcting a mistake made by the commons registration authority in making or amending an entry in the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>correcting any other mistake, where the amendment would not affect—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the extent of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>what can be done by virtue of a right of common;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>removing a duplicate entry from the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>updating the details of any name or address referred to in an entry;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>updating any entry in the register relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green to take account of accretion or diluvion.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>References in this section to a mistake include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a mistaken omission, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an unclear or ambiguous description,</content></level><wrapUp>and it is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether a mistake was made before or after the commencement of this section.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An amendment may be made by a commons registration authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on its own initiative; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the application of any person.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-5"><num>(5)</num><content>A mistake in a register may not be corrected under this section if the authority considers that, by reason of reliance reasonably placed on the register by any person or for any other reason, it would in all the circumstances be unfair to do so.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make further provision as to the criteria to be applied in determining an application or proposal under this section.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The High Court may order a commons registration authority to amend its register of common land or town or village greens if the High Court is satisfied that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any entry in the register, or any information in an entry, was at any time included in the register as a result of fraud; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>it would be just to amend the register.</content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-18"><num>18</num><heading>Conclusiveness</heading><subsection eId="section-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies to land registered as common land, or as a town or village green, which is registered as being subject to a right of common.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-2"><num>(2)</num><content>If the land would not otherwise have been subject to that right, it shall be deemed to have become subject to that right, as specified in the register, upon its registration.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-3"><num>(3)</num><content>If the right is registered as attached to any land, the right shall, if it would not otherwise have attached to that land, be deemed to have become so attached upon registration of its attachment.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If the right is not registered as attached to any land, the person registered as the owner of the right shall, if he would not otherwise have been its owner, be deemed to have become its owner upon his registration.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Nothing in subsection (2) affects any constraint on the exercise of a right of common where the constraint does not appear in the register.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-6"><num>(6)</num><content>It is immaterial whether the registration referred to in subsection (2), (3) or (4) occurred before or after the commencement of this section.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies to land registered as common land, or as a town or village green, which is registered as being subject to a right of common.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-18-2"><num>(2)</num><content>If the land would not otherwise have been subject to that right, it shall be deemed to have become subject to that right, as specified in the register, upon its registration.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-18-3"><num>(3)</num><content>If the right is registered as attached to any land, the right shall, if it would not otherwise have attached to that land, be deemed to have become so attached upon registration of its attachment.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-18-4"><num>(4)</num><content>If the right is not registered as attached to any land, the person registered as the owner of the right shall, if he would not otherwise have been its owner, be deemed to have become its owner upon his registration.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-18-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Nothing in subsection (2) affects any constraint on the exercise of a right of common where the constraint does not appear in the register.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-18-6"><num>(6)</num><content>It is immaterial whether the registration referred to in subsection (2), (3) or (4) occurred before or after the commencement of this section.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19"><num>19</num><heading>Correction</heading><subsection eId="section-19-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons registration authority may amend its register of common land or town or village greens for any purpose referred to in subsection (2).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Those purposes are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>correcting a mistake made by the commons registration authority in making or amending an entry in the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>correcting any other mistake, where the amendment would not affect—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the extent of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>what can be done by virtue of a right of common;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>removing a duplicate entry from the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>updating the details of any name or address referred to in an entry;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>updating any entry in the register relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green to take account of accretion or diluvion.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>References in this section to a mistake include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a mistaken omission, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an unclear or ambiguous description,</content></level><wrapUp>and it is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether a mistake was made before or after the commencement of this section.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An amendment may be made by a commons registration authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on its own initiative; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the application of any person.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-5"><num>(5)</num><content>A mistake in a register may not be corrected under this section if the authority considers that, by reason of reliance reasonably placed on the register by any person or for any other reason, it would in all the circumstances be unfair to do so.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make further provision as to the criteria to be applied in determining an application or proposal under this section.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The High Court may order a commons registration authority to amend its register of common land or town or village greens if the High Court is satisfied that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any entry in the register, or any information in an entry, was at any time included in the register as a result of fraud; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>it would be just to amend the register.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons registration authority may amend its register of common land or town or village greens for any purpose referred to in subsection (2).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Those purposes are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>correcting a mistake made by the commons registration authority in making or amending an entry in the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>correcting any other mistake, where the amendment would not affect—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the extent of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>what can be done by virtue of a right of common;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>removing a duplicate entry from the register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>updating the details of any name or address referred to in an entry;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>updating any entry in the register relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green to take account of accretion or diluvion.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-19-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>correcting a mistake made by the commons registration authority in making or amending an entry in the register;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-19-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>correcting any other mistake, where the amendment would not affect—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the extent of any land registered as common land or as a town or village green; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-19-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>what can be done by virtue of a right of common;</content></level></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-19-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>removing a duplicate entry from the register;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-19-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>updating the details of any name or address referred to in an entry;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-19-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>updating any entry in the register relating to land registered as common land or as a town or village green to take account of accretion or diluvion.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>References in this section to a mistake include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a mistaken omission, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an unclear or ambiguous description,</content></level><wrapUp>and it is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether a mistake was made before or after the commencement of this section.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An amendment may be made by a commons registration authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on its own initiative; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the application of any person.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19-5"><num>(5)</num><content>A mistake in a register may not be corrected under this section if the authority considers that, by reason of reliance reasonably placed on the register by any person or for any other reason, it would in all the circumstances be unfair to do so.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make further provision as to the criteria to be applied in determining an application or proposal under this section.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-19-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The High Court may order a commons registration authority to amend its register of common land or town or village greens if the High Court is satisfied that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any entry in the register, or any information in an entry, was at any time included in the register as a result of fraud; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>it would be just to amend the register.</content></level></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-information-etc"><heading>Information <abbr title="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</abbr></heading><section eId="section-20"><num>20</num><heading>Inspection</heading><subsection eId="section-20-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Any person may inspect and make copies of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The right in subsection (1) is subject to regulations which may, in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provide for exceptions to the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>impose conditions on its exercise.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(b) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-21"><num>21</num><heading>Official copies</heading><subsection eId="section-21-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An official copy of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register,</content></level><wrapUp>is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the original.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-21-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations may make provision for the issue of official copies and may in particular make provision about—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the form of official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>who may issue official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>applications for official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conditions to be met by applicants for official copies.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-21-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(d) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-20"><num>20</num><heading>Inspection</heading><subsection eId="section-20-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Any person may inspect and make copies of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The right in subsection (1) is subject to regulations which may, in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provide for exceptions to the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>impose conditions on its exercise.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(b) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-20-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>Any person may inspect and make copies of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-20-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The right in subsection (1) is subject to regulations which may, in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provide for exceptions to the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>impose conditions on its exercise.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-20-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(b) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-21"><num>21</num><heading>Official copies</heading><subsection eId="section-21-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An official copy of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register,</content></level><wrapUp>is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the original.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-21-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations may make provision for the issue of official copies and may in particular make provision about—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the form of official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>who may issue official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>applications for official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conditions to be met by applicants for official copies.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-21-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(d) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-21-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An official copy of, or of any part of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a register of common land or town or village greens,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register,</content></level><wrapUp>is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the original.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-21-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations may make provision for the issue of official copies and may in particular make provision about—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the form of official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>who may issue official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>applications for official copies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-21-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conditions to be met by applicants for official copies.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-21-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Conditions under subsection (2)(d) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).</content></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-supplementary"><heading>Supplementary</heading><section eId="section-24"><num>24</num><heading>Applications <abbr title="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</abbr></heading><subsection eId="section-24-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any application for the amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens under or for the purposes of this Part.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the steps to be taken by a person before making an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the form of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the information or evidence to be supplied with an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-d"><num><noteRef href="#key-ef063539e21d3e1bd38b092354394485" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(d)</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the persons to be notified of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the publication of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the making of objections to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-k"><num>(k)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-l"><num>(l)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-m"><num>(m)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-n"><num>(n)</num><content>the time at which any such amendments are to be regarded as having been made.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97" class="commentary"/>(2A)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97">Regulations under subsection (1) </ins><noteRef href="#key-850ee48d00ca413f6b14514a5a07883c" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97">... may make provision as to the fees payable in relation to an application (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the person to whom the application is made or (if different) the person by whom the application is to be determined).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2B"><num><noteRef href="#key-bc2fcbb6389b7e27ca8d34358f7b2aa2" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(2B)</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In the case of an application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6 to 8, 12 and 13,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>paragraph 2(5)(a) of Schedule 3,</content></level><wrapUp>regulations under subsection (1) may make provision as to the persons entitled to make the application.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><wrapUp>shall, subject to any provision made by or under this Part, be granted.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision for the appropriate national authority to appoint a person to discharge any or all of its functions in relation to an application made to it under section 16.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any proposal by a commons registration authority to amend a register on its own initiative pursuant to section 19, Schedule 2 or paragraph 2(5)(b) of Schedule 3.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (6) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the persons to be notified of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the publication of a proposal (and the information or evidence to be published with a proposal);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the making of objections to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Regulations under this section may include provision for—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appropriate national authority to appoint persons as eligible to discharge functions of a commons registration authority in relation to applications made to, or proposals made by, the commons registration authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the appointment of one or more of those persons to discharge functions of the commons registration authority in the case of any description of application or proposal.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-9"><num>(9)</num><content>Regulations under this section may provide for the <del class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Church Commissioners</del><del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697722" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated</ins></del> to act with respect to any land or rights belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England which is vacant.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-25"><num>25</num><heading>Electronic registers</heading><subsection eId="section-25-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may require or permit the whole or any part of a register kept under this Part to be kept in electronic form.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>requirements to be complied with in relation to the recording of information in electronic form;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the certification of information recorded in electronic form (including the status of print-outs of such information).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may also include provision as to the process of converting a register, or part of a register, into electronic form.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The provision referred to in subsection (3) includes in particular provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the publicity to be given to such a conversion;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>requiring a provisional electronic version to be made available for inspection and comment;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the holding of an inquiry in relation to any question arising as a result of the conversion.</content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-24"><num>24</num><heading>Applications <abbr title="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</abbr></heading><subsection eId="section-24-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any application for the amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens under or for the purposes of this Part.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the steps to be taken by a person before making an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the form of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the information or evidence to be supplied with an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-d"><num><noteRef href="#key-ef063539e21d3e1bd38b092354394485" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(d)</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the persons to be notified of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the publication of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the making of objections to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-k"><num>(k)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-l"><num>(l)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-m"><num>(m)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-n"><num>(n)</num><content>the time at which any such amendments are to be regarded as having been made.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97" class="commentary"/>(2A)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97">Regulations under subsection (1) </ins><noteRef href="#key-850ee48d00ca413f6b14514a5a07883c" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97-1439200660856" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-380e879949260ff4f609db78fca45a97">... may make provision as to the fees payable in relation to an application (including provision for a fee payable under the regulations to be determined by the person to whom the application is made or (if different) the person by whom the application is to be determined).</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2B"><num><noteRef href="#key-bc2fcbb6389b7e27ca8d34358f7b2aa2" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(2B)</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In the case of an application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6 to 8, 12 and 13,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>paragraph 2(5)(a) of Schedule 3,</content></level><wrapUp>regulations under subsection (1) may make provision as to the persons entitled to make the application.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><wrapUp>shall, subject to any provision made by or under this Part, be granted.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision for the appropriate national authority to appoint a person to discharge any or all of its functions in relation to an application made to it under section 16.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any proposal by a commons registration authority to amend a register on its own initiative pursuant to section 19, Schedule 2 or paragraph 2(5)(b) of Schedule 3.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (6) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the persons to be notified of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the publication of a proposal (and the information or evidence to be published with a proposal);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the making of objections to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Regulations under this section may include provision for—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appropriate national authority to appoint persons as eligible to discharge functions of a commons registration authority in relation to applications made to, or proposals made by, the commons registration authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the appointment of one or more of those persons to discharge functions of the commons registration authority in the case of any description of application or proposal.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-9"><num>(9)</num><content>Regulations under this section may provide for the <del class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Church Commissioners</del><del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697722" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated</ins></del> to act with respect to any land or rights belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England which is vacant.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-24-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any application for the amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens under or for the purposes of this Part.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-24-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the steps to be taken by a person before making an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the form of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the information or evidence to be supplied with an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-d"><num><noteRef href="#key-ef063539e21d3e1bd38b092354394485" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(d)</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the persons to be notified of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the publication of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the making of objections to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-k"><num>(k)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-l"><num>(l)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-m"><num>(m)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-n"><num>(n)</num><content>the time at which any such amendments are to be regarded as having been made.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the steps to be taken by a person before making an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the form of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the information or evidence to be supplied with an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the persons to be notified of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the publication of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the making of objections to an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-k"><num>(k)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-l"><num>(l)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-m"><num>(m)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-2-n"><num>(n)</num><content>the time at which any such amendments are to be regarded as having been made.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-24-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In the case of an application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6 to 8, 12 and 13,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>paragraph 2(5)(a) of Schedule 3,</content></level><wrapUp>regulations under subsection (1) may make provision as to the persons entitled to make the application.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-24-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>An application made for the purposes of any of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>sections 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 1,</content></level><wrapUp>shall, subject to any provision made by or under this Part, be granted.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-24-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision for the appropriate national authority to appoint a person to discharge any or all of its functions in relation to an application made to it under section 16.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-24-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the making and determination of any proposal by a commons registration authority to amend a register on its own initiative pursuant to section 19, Schedule 2 or paragraph 2(5)(b) of Schedule 3.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-24-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (6) may in particular make provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the persons to be notified of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the publication of a proposal (and the information or evidence to be published with a proposal);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the making of objections to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of a proposal;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-7-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the persons to be notified of a proposal;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the publication of a proposal (and the information or evidence to be published with a proposal);</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the making of objections to a proposal;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the persons who must be consulted, or whose advice must be sought, in relation to a proposal;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the holding of an inquiry before determination of a proposal;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-f"><num>(f)</num><content>the evidence to be taken into account in making a determination and the weight to be given to any evidence;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-g"><num>(g)</num><content>the persons to be notified of any determination;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-h"><num>(h)</num><content>the publication of a determination;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-24-7-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the amendments to be made by a commons registration authority to a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to a determination.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-24-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Regulations under this section may include provision for—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appropriate national authority to appoint persons as eligible to discharge functions of a commons registration authority in relation to applications made to, or proposals made by, the commons registration authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the appointment of one or more of those persons to discharge functions of the commons registration authority in the case of any description of application or proposal.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-24-9"><num>(9)</num><content>Regulations under this section may provide for the <del class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Church Commissioners</del><del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697721" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229-1439131697722" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9eafa55a6bd9f08fe381a9dff4b45229" class="commentary"/>Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated</ins></del> to act with respect to any land or rights belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England which is vacant.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-25"><num>25</num><heading>Electronic registers</heading><subsection eId="section-25-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may require or permit the whole or any part of a register kept under this Part to be kept in electronic form.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>requirements to be complied with in relation to the recording of information in electronic form;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the certification of information recorded in electronic form (including the status of print-outs of such information).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may also include provision as to the process of converting a register, or part of a register, into electronic form.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The provision referred to in subsection (3) includes in particular provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the publicity to be given to such a conversion;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>requiring a provisional electronic version to be made available for inspection and comment;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the holding of an inquiry in relation to any question arising as a result of the conversion.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-25-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may require or permit the whole or any part of a register kept under this Part to be kept in electronic form.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-25-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>requirements to be complied with in relation to the recording of information in electronic form;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the certification of information recorded in electronic form (including the status of print-outs of such information).</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-25-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Regulations under subsection (1) may also include provision as to the process of converting a register, or part of a register, into electronic form.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-25-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The provision referred to in subsection (3) includes in particular provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the publicity to be given to such a conversion;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>requiring a provisional electronic version to be made available for inspection and comment;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the holding of an inquiry in relation to any question arising as a result of the conversion.</content></level></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-2-crossheading-commons-councils"><heading>Commons councils</heading><section eId="section-26"><num>26</num><heading>Establishment</heading><subsection eId="section-26-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may, for any area or areas of land to which this section applies, establish a body corporate to carry out functions conferred under this Part.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This section applies to any land that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is registered as common land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A body corporate established under this section is to be known as a “commons council”.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A commons council is to be established by order.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>An order establishing a commons council must specify—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the name of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the area or areas of land for which the council is established.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-27"><num>27</num><heading>Procedure for establishment</heading><subsection eId="section-27-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies where the appropriate national authority proposes to make an order under section 26 establishing a commons council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>publish a draft of the proposed order in such manner as it thinks fit; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>invite representations about it.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may cause a local inquiry to be held.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may not make the proposed order unless, having regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any representations received pursuant to subsection (2)(b), and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the result of any local inquiry held under subsection (3),</content></level><wrapUp>it is satisfied that there is substantial support for the making of the order.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (4) the appropriate national authority must have particular regard to representations received pursuant to subsection (2)(b) from—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>persons having rights (other than rights of common) in relation to, or occupying, land specified in the draft order;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>persons who are entitled to exercise rights of common (and in particular persons exercising rights of common) over any such land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>persons with functions under an enactment which relate to the maintenance or management of any such land.</content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-26"><num>26</num><heading>Establishment</heading><subsection eId="section-26-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may, for any area or areas of land to which this section applies, establish a body corporate to carry out functions conferred under this Part.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This section applies to any land that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is registered as common land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A body corporate established under this section is to be known as a “commons council”.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A commons council is to be established by order.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>An order establishing a commons council must specify—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the name of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the area or areas of land for which the council is established.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-26-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may, for any area or areas of land to which this section applies, establish a body corporate to carry out functions conferred under this Part.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-26-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This section applies to any land that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is registered as common land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-26-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A body corporate established under this section is to be known as a “commons council”.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-26-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A commons council is to be established by order.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-26-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>An order establishing a commons council must specify—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the name of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the area or areas of land for which the council is established.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-27"><num>27</num><heading>Procedure for establishment</heading><subsection eId="section-27-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies where the appropriate national authority proposes to make an order under section 26 establishing a commons council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>publish a draft of the proposed order in such manner as it thinks fit; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>invite representations about it.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may cause a local inquiry to be held.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may not make the proposed order unless, having regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any representations received pursuant to subsection (2)(b), and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the result of any local inquiry held under subsection (3),</content></level><wrapUp>it is satisfied that there is substantial support for the making of the order.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (4) the appropriate national authority must have particular regard to representations received pursuant to subsection (2)(b) from—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>persons having rights (other than rights of common) in relation to, or occupying, land specified in the draft order;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>persons who are entitled to exercise rights of common (and in particular persons exercising rights of common) over any such land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>persons with functions under an enactment which relate to the maintenance or management of any such land.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-27-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies where the appropriate national authority proposes to make an order under section 26 establishing a commons council.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-27-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>publish a draft of the proposed order in such manner as it thinks fit; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>invite representations about it.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-27-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may cause a local inquiry to be held.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-27-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may not make the proposed order unless, having regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any representations received pursuant to subsection (2)(b), and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the result of any local inquiry held under subsection (3),</content></level><wrapUp>it is satisfied that there is substantial support for the making of the order.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-27-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (4) the appropriate national authority must have particular regard to representations received pursuant to subsection (2)(b) from—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>persons having rights (other than rights of common) in relation to, or occupying, land specified in the draft order;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>persons who are entitled to exercise rights of common (and in particular persons exercising rights of common) over any such land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>persons with functions under an enactment which relate to the maintenance or management of any such land.</content></level></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-2-crossheading-status-and-constitution-of-commons-councils"><heading>Status and constitution of commons councils</heading><section eId="section-28"><num>28</num><heading>Status</heading><subsection eId="section-28-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons council is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The property of a commons council is not to be regarded as the property of, or as property held on behalf of, the Crown.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons council is not to be regarded as an authority to which section 28G of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) applies.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-29"><num>29</num><heading>Constitution</heading><subsection eId="section-29-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority must by regulations prescribe standard terms as to the constitution and administration of commons councils (in this Part, the “standard constitution”).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The terms of the standard constitution apply to every commons council, subject as follows.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-3"><num>(3)</num><content>An order under section 26 may also make provision as to the constitution and administration of a commons council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Provision which may be made under subsection (3) includes in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision supplementary to any term of the standard constitution;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision disapplying any such term;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>provision replacing any such term.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where in relation to a commons council—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision is made under subsection (3) that is inconsistent with any term of the standard constitution, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any such term has not been expressly disapplied under that subsection,</content></level><wrapUp>the provision made under subsection (3) prevails, to the extent of the inconsistency, over the term of the standard constitution.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Terms of the standard constitution prescribed by regulations under subsection (1) may be amended by further regulations under that subsection; and this section applies in relation to such terms as amended as it applies in relation to the terms as first prescribed.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-30"><num>30</num><heading>Constitution: supplementary</heading><subsection eId="section-30-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies in relation to terms as to the constitution and administration of a commons council contained in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the standard constitution; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an order under section 26.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The terms may in particular include terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the membership of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>participation in the council by persons other than members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the proceedings of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the keeping and publication of accounts, annual reports and other information relating to the council.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(a) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appointment of members (by election or otherwise);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the term for which members are appointed;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>co-option of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conduct of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>resignation and disqualification of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>termination and renewal of membership;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-g"><num>(g)</num><content>payment of allowances to members.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(b) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>entitlement to elect members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>entitlement to attend meetings.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(c) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the frequency of meetings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>voting procedures at meetings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>committees and sub-committees.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(d) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appointment of auditors;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the preparation and publication of accounts;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the preparation and publication of annual reports.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-7"><num>(7)</num><content>Subject to any terms made of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(c), a commons council may regulate its own proceedings.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-28"><num>28</num><heading>Status</heading><subsection eId="section-28-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons council is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The property of a commons council is not to be regarded as the property of, or as property held on behalf of, the Crown.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons council is not to be regarded as an authority to which section 28G of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) applies.</content></subsection></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-29"><num>29</num><heading>Constitution</heading><subsection eId="section-29-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority must by regulations prescribe standard terms as to the constitution and administration of commons councils (in this Part, the “standard constitution”).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The terms of the standard constitution apply to every commons council, subject as follows.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-3"><num>(3)</num><content>An order under section 26 may also make provision as to the constitution and administration of a commons council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Provision which may be made under subsection (3) includes in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision supplementary to any term of the standard constitution;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision disapplying any such term;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>provision replacing any such term.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where in relation to a commons council—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision is made under subsection (3) that is inconsistent with any term of the standard constitution, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any such term has not been expressly disapplied under that subsection,</content></level><wrapUp>the provision made under subsection (3) prevails, to the extent of the inconsistency, over the term of the standard constitution.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Terms of the standard constitution prescribed by regulations under subsection (1) may be amended by further regulations under that subsection; and this section applies in relation to such terms as amended as it applies in relation to the terms as first prescribed.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-29-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority must by regulations prescribe standard terms as to the constitution and administration of commons councils (in this Part, the “standard constitution”).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-29-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The terms of the standard constitution apply to every commons council, subject as follows.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-29-3"><num>(3)</num><content>An order under section 26 may also make provision as to the constitution and administration of a commons council.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-29-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Provision which may be made under subsection (3) includes in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision supplementary to any term of the standard constitution;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision disapplying any such term;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>provision replacing any such term.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-29-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where in relation to a commons council—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision is made under subsection (3) that is inconsistent with any term of the standard constitution, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any such term has not been expressly disapplied under that subsection,</content></level><wrapUp>the provision made under subsection (3) prevails, to the extent of the inconsistency, over the term of the standard constitution.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-29-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Terms of the standard constitution prescribed by regulations under subsection (1) may be amended by further regulations under that subsection; and this section applies in relation to such terms as amended as it applies in relation to the terms as first prescribed.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30"><num>30</num><heading>Constitution: supplementary</heading><subsection eId="section-30-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies in relation to terms as to the constitution and administration of a commons council contained in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the standard constitution; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an order under section 26.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The terms may in particular include terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the membership of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>participation in the council by persons other than members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the proceedings of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the keeping and publication of accounts, annual reports and other information relating to the council.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(a) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appointment of members (by election or otherwise);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the term for which members are appointed;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>co-option of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conduct of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>resignation and disqualification of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>termination and renewal of membership;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-g"><num>(g)</num><content>payment of allowances to members.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(b) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>entitlement to elect members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>entitlement to attend meetings.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(c) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the frequency of meetings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>voting procedures at meetings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>committees and sub-committees.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(d) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appointment of auditors;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the preparation and publication of accounts;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the preparation and publication of annual reports.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-7"><num>(7)</num><content>Subject to any terms made of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(c), a commons council may regulate its own proceedings.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies in relation to terms as to the constitution and administration of a commons council contained in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the standard constitution; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an order under section 26.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The terms may in particular include terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the membership of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>participation in the council by persons other than members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the proceedings of the council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the keeping and publication of accounts, annual reports and other information relating to the council.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(a) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appointment of members (by election or otherwise);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the term for which members are appointed;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>co-option of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conduct of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>resignation and disqualification of members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>termination and renewal of membership;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-3-g"><num>(g)</num><content>payment of allowances to members.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-30-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appointment of members (by election or otherwise);</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-30-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the term for which members are appointed;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-30-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>co-option of members;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-30-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the conduct of members;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-30-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>resignation and disqualification of members;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-30-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>termination and renewal of membership;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-30-3-g"><num>(g)</num><content>payment of allowances to members.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(b) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>entitlement to elect members;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>entitlement to attend meetings.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(c) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the frequency of meetings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>voting procedures at meetings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>committees and sub-committees.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The terms referred to in subsection (2)(d) include in particular terms as to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appointment of auditors;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the preparation and publication of accounts;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the preparation and publication of annual reports.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-30-7"><num>(7)</num><content>Subject to any terms made of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(c), a commons council may regulate its own proceedings.</content></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-2-crossheading-functions-of-commons-councils"><heading>Functions of commons councils</heading><section eId="section-31"><num>31</num><heading>Functions</heading><subsection eId="section-31-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An order under section 26 is to confer on a commons council functions relating to any one or more of the following—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the management of agricultural activities on the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the management of vegetation on the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the management of rights of common on the land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The functions conferred on a commons council under subsection (1) must be those the appropriate national authority considers appropriate in the case of that council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The functions which may be conferred on a commons council under subsection (1) include in particular functions of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>making rules relating to agricultural activities, the management of vegetation and the exercise of rights of common on the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>making rules relating to the leasing or licensing of rights of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>preparing and maintaining a register of grazing;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>establishing and maintaining boundaries;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>removing unlawful boundaries and other encroachments;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>removing animals unlawfully permitted to graze.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Rules made by virtue of subsection (3)(a) may have the effect of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>limiting or imposing conditions on the exercise of rights of common over, or the exercise of rights to use the surplus of, the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>requiring the provision of information to the commons council in relation to the exercise of those rights.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>In exercising a function conferred under subsection (3)(f), a commons council may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>dispose of any animal it removes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>recover from the owner of the animal the costs that it may reasonably incur in removing and disposing of it.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons council must discharge its functions having regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any guidance given by the appropriate national authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the public interest in relation to the land for which it is established.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (6)(b) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-32"><num>32</num><heading>Ancillary powers</heading><subsection eId="section-32-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons council has the power to do anything which it considers will facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the carrying out of its functions.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The power conferred by subsection (1) includes power to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>enter into agreements;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>prepare and adopt management plans;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>raise money (including by applying for funds from any source);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>acquire or dispose of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>employ staff.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The power of a commons council to raise money as specified in subsection (2)(c) includes power to require the payment of fees in connection with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the exercise of rights of common over, or the exercise of rights to use the surplus of, the land for which the council is established, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>participation in the council,</content></level><wrapUp>and any such fees owed to the council may be recovered as a debt due to it.</wrapUp></subsection></section><section eId="section-33"><num>33</num><heading>Consent</heading><subsection eId="section-33-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Subject to subsections (2) and (3), nothing in this Part authorises a commons council to do anything on the land for which it is established without the consent of a person with an interest in the land, where that person's consent would otherwise be required.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-2"><num>(2)</num><content>A commons council does not need the consent of a person who has a right of common over the land for which it is established in order to do anything on the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons council does not need the consent of any other person with an interest in the land for which it is established in order to do anything on the land where what is proposed to be done could be done without that person's consent by any person who has a right of common over the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a commons council wishes to obtain the consent of any person with an interest in the land for which the council is established in respect of anything it proposes to do on the land, it may serve a notice on him.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>A notice under subsection (4) must specify—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>what the commons council proposes to do;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the time within which the person on whom it is served may object (which may not be less than 28 days after service of the notice); and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the manner in which he may object.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-6"><num>(6)</num><content>If the person on whom a notice under subsection (4) is served does not object within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, he is to be regarded as having given his consent in relation to the proposal specified in the notice.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>Where a commons council proposes to serve a notice on a person under subsection (4) but is unable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain his name or proper address—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the council may post the notice on the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the notice is to be treated as having been served on the person at the time the notice is posted.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-8"><num>(8)</num><content>An order under section 26 may make further provision as to the form and service of notices under subsection (4).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section, a person with an interest in any land is a person who—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>owns the land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is entitled to exercise any right over the land.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-34"><num>34</num><heading>Enforcement of rules</heading><subsection eId="section-34-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A person who breaches a rule to which subsection (2) applies is guilty of an offence.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This subsection applies to a rule which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is made with the consent of the appropriate national authority pursuant to a function of making rules conferred on a commons council under section 31; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>specifies that a person who contravenes it is guilty of an offence under this section.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-34-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding one half of level 1 on the standard scale for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A commons council may bring proceedings in relation to an offence under subsection (1) in respect of breach of any rule made by it to which subsection (2) applies.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-5"><num>(5)</num><content>A commons council may apply to <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-54133cd935ac49abb8ccd68678938f00-1467449447567" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-54133cd935ac49abb8ccd68678938f00"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-54133cd935ac49abb8ccd68678938f00" class="commentary"/>the county court </ins>for an order to secure compliance with any rule that it has made pursuant to a function of making rules conferred on it under section 31.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-6"><num>(6)</num><content>But a commons council may only make an application under subsection (5) for the purpose of securing compliance with a rule to which subsection (2) applies if it is of the opinion that proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) would provide an ineffectual remedy against the person who has failed to comply with the rule.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-7"><num>(7)</num><content>On an application under subsection (5) the court may make such an order as it thinks fit.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-35"><num>35</num><heading>Rules: supplementary</heading><subsection eId="section-35-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Any power to make rules conferred on a commons council under section 31 includes power to vary or revoke the rules made by the council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-2"><num>(2)</num><content>An order under section 26 conferring a power to make rules may provide for the procedure to be followed in the exercise of the power (and may in particular require the consent of the appropriate national authority to be obtained before rules are made).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by direction revoke any rule made by a commons council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A direction under subsection (3) must set out the reason why the rule is being revoked.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Before revoking any rule under subsection (3) the appropriate national authority must consult—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-35-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the commons council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-35-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any other person it thinks appropriate.</content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31"><num>31</num><heading>Functions</heading><subsection eId="section-31-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An order under section 26 is to confer on a commons council functions relating to any one or more of the following—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the management of agricultural activities on the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the management of vegetation on the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the management of rights of common on the land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The functions conferred on a commons council under subsection (1) must be those the appropriate national authority considers appropriate in the case of that council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The functions which may be conferred on a commons council under subsection (1) include in particular functions of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>making rules relating to agricultural activities, the management of vegetation and the exercise of rights of common on the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>making rules relating to the leasing or licensing of rights of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>preparing and maintaining a register of grazing;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>establishing and maintaining boundaries;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>removing unlawful boundaries and other encroachments;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>removing animals unlawfully permitted to graze.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Rules made by virtue of subsection (3)(a) may have the effect of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>limiting or imposing conditions on the exercise of rights of common over, or the exercise of rights to use the surplus of, the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>requiring the provision of information to the commons council in relation to the exercise of those rights.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>In exercising a function conferred under subsection (3)(f), a commons council may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>dispose of any animal it removes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>recover from the owner of the animal the costs that it may reasonably incur in removing and disposing of it.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons council must discharge its functions having regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any guidance given by the appropriate national authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the public interest in relation to the land for which it is established.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (6)(b) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An order under section 26 is to confer on a commons council functions relating to any one or more of the following—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the management of agricultural activities on the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the management of vegetation on the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the management of rights of common on the land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The functions conferred on a commons council under subsection (1) must be those the appropriate national authority considers appropriate in the case of that council.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The functions which may be conferred on a commons council under subsection (1) include in particular functions of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>making rules relating to agricultural activities, the management of vegetation and the exercise of rights of common on the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>making rules relating to the leasing or licensing of rights of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>preparing and maintaining a register of grazing;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>establishing and maintaining boundaries;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>removing unlawful boundaries and other encroachments;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>removing animals unlawfully permitted to graze.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-31-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>making rules relating to agricultural activities, the management of vegetation and the exercise of rights of common on the land for which the council is established;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-31-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>making rules relating to the leasing or licensing of rights of common;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-31-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>preparing and maintaining a register of grazing;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-31-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>establishing and maintaining boundaries;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-31-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content>removing unlawful boundaries and other encroachments;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-31-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content>removing animals unlawfully permitted to graze.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>Rules made by virtue of subsection (3)(a) may have the effect of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>limiting or imposing conditions on the exercise of rights of common over, or the exercise of rights to use the surplus of, the land for which the council is established;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>requiring the provision of information to the commons council in relation to the exercise of those rights.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>In exercising a function conferred under subsection (3)(f), a commons council may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>dispose of any animal it removes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>recover from the owner of the animal the costs that it may reasonably incur in removing and disposing of it.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons council must discharge its functions having regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any guidance given by the appropriate national authority; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the public interest in relation to the land for which it is established.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-31-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (6)(b) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-32"><num>32</num><heading>Ancillary powers</heading><subsection eId="section-32-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons council has the power to do anything which it considers will facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the carrying out of its functions.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The power conferred by subsection (1) includes power to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>enter into agreements;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>prepare and adopt management plans;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>raise money (including by applying for funds from any source);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>acquire or dispose of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>employ staff.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The power of a commons council to raise money as specified in subsection (2)(c) includes power to require the payment of fees in connection with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the exercise of rights of common over, or the exercise of rights to use the surplus of, the land for which the council is established, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>participation in the council,</content></level><wrapUp>and any such fees owed to the council may be recovered as a debt due to it.</wrapUp></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-32-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A commons council has the power to do anything which it considers will facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the carrying out of its functions.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-32-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The power conferred by subsection (1) includes power to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>enter into agreements;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>prepare and adopt management plans;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>raise money (including by applying for funds from any source);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>acquire or dispose of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>employ staff.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-32-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The power of a commons council to raise money as specified in subsection (2)(c) includes power to require the payment of fees in connection with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the exercise of rights of common over, or the exercise of rights to use the surplus of, the land for which the council is established, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>participation in the council,</content></level><wrapUp>and any such fees owed to the council may be recovered as a debt due to it.</wrapUp></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33"><num>33</num><heading>Consent</heading><subsection eId="section-33-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Subject to subsections (2) and (3), nothing in this Part authorises a commons council to do anything on the land for which it is established without the consent of a person with an interest in the land, where that person's consent would otherwise be required.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-2"><num>(2)</num><content>A commons council does not need the consent of a person who has a right of common over the land for which it is established in order to do anything on the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons council does not need the consent of any other person with an interest in the land for which it is established in order to do anything on the land where what is proposed to be done could be done without that person's consent by any person who has a right of common over the land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a commons council wishes to obtain the consent of any person with an interest in the land for which the council is established in respect of anything it proposes to do on the land, it may serve a notice on him.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>A notice under subsection (4) must specify—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>what the commons council proposes to do;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the time within which the person on whom it is served may object (which may not be less than 28 days after service of the notice); and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the manner in which he may object.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-6"><num>(6)</num><content>If the person on whom a notice under subsection (4) is served does not object within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, he is to be regarded as having given his consent in relation to the proposal specified in the notice.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>Where a commons council proposes to serve a notice on a person under subsection (4) but is unable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain his name or proper address—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the council may post the notice on the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the notice is to be treated as having been served on the person at the time the notice is posted.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-8"><num>(8)</num><content>An order under section 26 may make further provision as to the form and service of notices under subsection (4).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section, a person with an interest in any land is a person who—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>owns the land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is entitled to exercise any right over the land.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Subject to subsections (2) and (3), nothing in this Part authorises a commons council to do anything on the land for which it is established without the consent of a person with an interest in the land, where that person's consent would otherwise be required.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-2"><num>(2)</num><content>A commons council does not need the consent of a person who has a right of common over the land for which it is established in order to do anything on the land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A commons council does not need the consent of any other person with an interest in the land for which it is established in order to do anything on the land where what is proposed to be done could be done without that person's consent by any person who has a right of common over the land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a commons council wishes to obtain the consent of any person with an interest in the land for which the council is established in respect of anything it proposes to do on the land, it may serve a notice on him.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>A notice under subsection (4) must specify—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>what the commons council proposes to do;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the time within which the person on whom it is served may object (which may not be less than 28 days after service of the notice); and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the manner in which he may object.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-6"><num>(6)</num><content>If the person on whom a notice under subsection (4) is served does not object within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, he is to be regarded as having given his consent in relation to the proposal specified in the notice.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>Where a commons council proposes to serve a notice on a person under subsection (4) but is unable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain his name or proper address—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the council may post the notice on the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the notice is to be treated as having been served on the person at the time the notice is posted.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-8"><num>(8)</num><content>An order under section 26 may make further provision as to the form and service of notices under subsection (4).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-33-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section, a person with an interest in any land is a person who—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>owns the land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is entitled to exercise any right over the land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-34-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A person who breaches a rule to which subsection (2) applies is guilty of an offence.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-34-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This subsection applies to a rule which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is made with the consent of the appropriate national authority pursuant to a function of making rules conferred on a commons council under section 31; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>specifies that a person who contravenes it is guilty of an offence under this section.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-34-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-34-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding one half of level 1 on the standard scale for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-34-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A commons council may bring proceedings in relation to an offence under subsection (1) in respect of breach of any rule made by it to which subsection (2) applies.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-34-5"><num>(5)</num><content>A commons council may apply to <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-54133cd935ac49abb8ccd68678938f00-1467449447567" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-54133cd935ac49abb8ccd68678938f00"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-54133cd935ac49abb8ccd68678938f00" class="commentary"/>the county court </ins>for an order to secure compliance with any rule that it has made pursuant to a function of making rules conferred on it under section 31.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-34-6"><num>(6)</num><content>But a commons council may only make an application under subsection (5) for the purpose of securing compliance with a rule to which subsection (2) applies if it is of the opinion that proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) would provide an ineffectual remedy against the person who has failed to comply with the rule.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-34-7"><num>(7)</num><content>On an application under subsection (5) the court may make such an order as it thinks fit.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-35"><num>35</num><heading>Rules: supplementary</heading><subsection eId="section-35-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Any power to make rules conferred on a commons council under section 31 includes power to vary or revoke the rules made by the council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-2"><num>(2)</num><content>An order under section 26 conferring a power to make rules may provide for the procedure to be followed in the exercise of the power (and may in particular require the consent of the appropriate national authority to be obtained before rules are made).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by direction revoke any rule made by a commons council.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A direction under subsection (3) must set out the reason why the rule is being revoked.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-35-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Before revoking any rule under subsection (3) the appropriate national authority must consult—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-35-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the commons council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-35-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any other person it thinks appropriate.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-35-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Any power to make rules conferred on a commons council under section 31 includes power to vary or revoke the rules made by the council.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-35-2"><num>(2)</num><content>An order under section 26 conferring a power to make rules may provide for the procedure to be followed in the exercise of the power (and may in particular require the consent of the appropriate national authority to be obtained before rules are made).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-35-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by direction revoke any rule made by a commons council.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-35-4"><num>(4)</num><content>A direction under subsection (3) must set out the reason why the rule is being revoked.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-35-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Before revoking any rule under subsection (3) the appropriate national authority must consult—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-35-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the commons council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-35-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any other person it thinks appropriate.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-36"><num>36</num><heading>Consequential provision</heading><subsection eId="section-36-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order under section 26 make any provision specified in subsection (2) if it appears to the authority desirable to do so in consequence of functions conferred on a commons council in relation to any land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-36-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The provision referred to in subsection (1) is provision to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>vary or abolish the jurisdiction so far as relating to the land of any court of a description referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38) (certain ancient courts);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>vary or revoke any regulations or arrangement made under the Commons Act 1908 (c. 44);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>vary or revoke any scheme made under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30), or any arrangement arising under such a scheme;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>vary or revoke any Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners or any arrangement arising under such an Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>vary or revoke any local or personal Act, or any scheme or arrangement under such an Act, which relates to the management or maintenance of, or the exercise of rights of common over, the land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-36-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may not under subsection (1) make provision specified in subsection (2)(c) to (e) to the extent that to do so would have the effect of abolishing or restricting a right of access of whatever nature exercisable by members of the public generally or by any section of the public.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-36-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order under section 26 make any provision specified in subsection (2) if it appears to the authority desirable to do so in consequence of functions conferred on a commons council in relation to any land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-36-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The provision referred to in subsection (1) is provision to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>vary or abolish the jurisdiction so far as relating to the land of any court of a description referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38) (certain ancient courts);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>vary or revoke any regulations or arrangement made under the Commons Act 1908 (c. 44);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>vary or revoke any scheme made under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30), or any arrangement arising under such a scheme;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>vary or revoke any Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners or any arrangement arising under such an Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>vary or revoke any local or personal Act, or any scheme or arrangement under such an Act, which relates to the management or maintenance of, or the exercise of rights of common over, the land.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-36-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>vary or abolish the jurisdiction so far as relating to the land of any court of a description referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38) (certain ancient courts);</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-36-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>vary or revoke any regulations or arrangement made under the Commons Act 1908 (c. 44);</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-36-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>vary or revoke any scheme made under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30), or any arrangement arising under such a scheme;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-36-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>vary or revoke any Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners or any arrangement arising under such an Act;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-36-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>vary or revoke any local or personal Act, or any scheme or arrangement under such an Act, which relates to the management or maintenance of, or the exercise of rights of common over, the land.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-36-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may not under subsection (1) make provision specified in subsection (2)(c) to (e) to the extent that to do so would have the effect of abolishing or restricting a right of access of whatever nature exercisable by members of the public generally or by any section of the public.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-37"><num>37</num><heading>Variation and revocation of establishment orders</heading><subsection eId="section-37-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order under section 26 revoke a previous order under that section establishing a commons council only if it is satisfied that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-37-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the council has ceased to operate;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the council is failing to discharge its functions in an effective manner; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the council is, in discharging its functions, failing to have sufficient regard to the public interest as required by section 31.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-37-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>An order under section 26 revoking a previous order under that section may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-37-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision for the transfer of rights, property and liabilities of the commons council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision amending any enactment previously amended under section 36 in relation to the council.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-37-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Section 27 applies to an order under section 26 varying or revoking a previous order under that section as it applies to an order under that section establishing a commons council (but as if the references in section 27 to land specified in the order were to land affected by the variation or revocation).</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-37-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order under section 26 revoke a previous order under that section establishing a commons council only if it is satisfied that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-37-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the council has ceased to operate;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the council is failing to discharge its functions in an effective manner; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the council is, in discharging its functions, failing to have sufficient regard to the public interest as required by section 31.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-37-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>An order under section 26 revoking a previous order under that section may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-37-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision for the transfer of rights, property and liabilities of the commons council;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision amending any enactment previously amended under section 36 in relation to the council.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-37-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Section 27 applies to an order under section 26 varying or revoking a previous order under that section as it applies to an order under that section establishing a commons council (but as if the references in section 27 to land specified in the order were to land affected by the variation or revocation).</content></subsection>

<part xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="part-3"><num>Part 3</num><heading>Works</heading><section eId="section-38"><num>38</num><heading>Prohibition on works without consent</heading><subsection eId="section-38-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A person may not, except with the consent of the appropriate national authority, carry out any restricted works on land to which this section applies.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-restricted-works" eId="term-restricted-works">restricted works</term>” are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>works which have the effect of preventing or impeding access to or over any land to which this section applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>works for the resurfacing of land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The reference to works in subsection (2)(a) includes in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the erection of fencing;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the construction of buildings and other structures;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the digging of ditches and trenches and the building of embankments.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-4"><num>(4)</num><content>For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) works are for the resurfacing of land if they consist of the laying of concrete, tarmacadam, coated roadstone or similar material on the land (but not if they consist only of the repair of an existing surface of the land made of such material).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>This section applies to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>works on any land where those works, or works of a description which includes those works, are carried out under a power conferred in relation to that particular land by or under any enactment;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>works on any land where the works are carried out under a power conferred by or under any enactment applying to common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>works authorised under a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 or the Commons Act 1899 without any requirement for any person to consent to the works;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-d"><num>(d)</num><content>works for the installation of electronic communications apparatus for the purposes of an electronic communications code network.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-7"><num>(7)</num><content>In subsection (6)(a) the reference to an enactment does not include Part 2 of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (6)(b), an enactment applies to common land if it is expressed to apply (generally) to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>registered common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>common land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any common or commons, commonable land, land subject to inclosure under any enactment or other land of a similar description.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-9"><num>(9)</num><content>Subject to the following provisions of this Part, consent given to works under subsection (1) of this section constitutes consent for the purposes of that subsection only.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-39"><num>39</num><heading>Consent: general</heading><subsection eId="section-39-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>In determining an application for consent under subsection (1) of section 38 in relation to works on land to which that section applies, the appropriate national authority shall have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the land (and in particular persons exercising rights of common over it);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the interests of the neighbourhood;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the public interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>any other matter considered to be relevant.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (1)(c) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Consent may be given under section 38(1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to all or part of the proposed works;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>subject to such modifications and conditions relating to the proposed works as the appropriate national authority thinks fit.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-4"><num>(4)</num><content>In considering the effect in relation to any land of proposed works under this section, the appropriate national authority may consider that effect in conjunction with the effect in relation to that land of any other works for which consent has previously been given under section 38(1) above or section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Where the appropriate national authority imposes any modification or condition in relation to any consent given under section 38(1), it may on the application of any person carrying out or proposing to carry out works in accordance with the consent vary or revoke that modification or condition.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may specify a time limit for the making of applications under subsection (5).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-7"><num>(7)</num><content>Consent may be given under section 38(1) in relation to works which have been commenced or completed; and any consent so given has effect from the time of commencement of the works.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-40"><num>40</num><heading>Consent: procedure</heading><subsection eId="section-40-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed in the making and determination of applications under sections 38(1) and 39(5).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-40-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under this section may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by an applicant before submitting an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>as to the form and content of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the procedure to be followed in making an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>as to the evidence to be supplied in support of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>as to the fees payable in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by the appropriate national authority upon receipt of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>for the appointment by the appropriate national authority of a person to discharge any (or all) of its functions in relation to the determination of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>for the making of representations or objections in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>for the holding of a hearing or local inquiry in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>for the publication of a determination of an application and the notification of interested persons.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-41"><num>41</num><heading>Enforcement</heading><subsection eId="section-41-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Where any works are carried out on land to which section 38 applies in contravention of subsection (1) of that section, any person may apply to the county court <noteRef href="#key-276e791881f8a676a06777224396441f" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>....</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-41-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>On an application under this section the court may make an order—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in any case, for removal of the works and restoration of the land to the condition it was in before the works were carried out;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in a case where consent has been given under section 38(1) but the works have not been carried out in accordance with any term of that consent, for the works to be carried out in such manner and subject to such conditions as the order may specify.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-42"><num>42</num><heading>Schemes</heading><subsection eId="section-42-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies in relation to works on relevant land where, by virtue of section 38(1), the works may not be carried out without the consent of the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-land" eId="term-relevant-land">relevant land</term>” means land which is subject to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) which is in force at the commencement of this section; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30) which is in force at the commencement of this section.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any provision of the scheme referred to in subsection (2) would also prohibit the carrying out of the works, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the scheme does not allow for any person to consent to the works to be carried out,</content></level><wrapUp>the works do not contravene that provision if they are carried out with (and in accordance with the terms of) the consent of the appropriate national authority under section 38(1) and of any owner of the land (if not the person carrying out the works).</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed in obtaining the consent of an owner under subsection (3) (and may include provision for the consent of an owner to be regarded as having been given where he has not objected within a period of time specified in the regulations).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where any provision of the scheme referred to in subsection (2) would also prohibit the carrying out of the works without the consent of the appropriate national authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>consent given under section 38(1) is to be regarded as consent given under the scheme; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>consent may not be sought separately under the scheme.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-43"><num>43</num><heading>Power to exempt</heading><subsection eId="section-43-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the carrying out by a specified person of specified works on specified land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>the carrying out by a specified person, or a person of a specified description, of works of a specified description on—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-43-1-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-43-1-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>land of a specified description.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may only make an order under subsection (1)(a) if it is satisfied that the works specified in the order are necessary or expedient for any of the purposes in subsection (4).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may only make an order under subsection (1)(b) if it is satisfied that works of the description specified in the order are likely to be necessary or expedient on any land, or on land of the description specified in the order, for any of the purposes in subsection (4).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The purposes referred to in subsections (2) and (3) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>use of land by members of the public for the purposes of open-air recreation pursuant to any right of access;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the exercise of rights of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains or features of historic interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the use of the land for sporting or recreational purposes.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land was at any time before the commencement of this section land to which section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) applied, but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>at any such time that section ceased to apply to the land by virtue of subsection (3)(a) of that section,</content></level><wrapUp>the appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to the carrying out of works, or works of a description specified in the order, on that land.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Where any land is the subject of a resolution under section 194(3)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) immediately before the commencement of this section, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to the carrying out of works, or works of a description specified in the order, on that land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-7"><num>(7)</num><content>An order under this section may provide that section 38 is not to apply only if the works to which the order relates are carried out in accordance with the terms of the order.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-8"><num>(8)</num><content>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>” means specified in an order under that subsection.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-44"><num>44</num><heading>Supplementary</heading><subsection eId="section-44-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Schedule 4 (which makes supplementary provision relating to works on common land) has effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A national authority may for any purpose specified in subsection (3) by order amend—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any local or personal Act passed before this Act which contains provision for that authority to consent to works on land which is common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners which contains provision for that authority to consent to works on land to which the Act applies.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The purposes referred to in subsection (2) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that of securing that sections 39 and 40 apply to an application for the consent referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) as they apply to an application for consent under section 38(1);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>that of securing that section 41 applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of the provision referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In subsection (2)—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-national-authority" eId="term-national-authority">national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales;</content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-common-land" eId="term-common-land">common land</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>any land not so registered which is subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30).</content></level></hcontainer></subsection></section></part>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38"><num>38</num><heading>Prohibition on works without consent</heading><subsection eId="section-38-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A person may not, except with the consent of the appropriate national authority, carry out any restricted works on land to which this section applies.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-restricted-works" eId="term-restricted-works">restricted works</term>” are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>works which have the effect of preventing or impeding access to or over any land to which this section applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>works for the resurfacing of land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The reference to works in subsection (2)(a) includes in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the erection of fencing;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the construction of buildings and other structures;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the digging of ditches and trenches and the building of embankments.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-4"><num>(4)</num><content>For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) works are for the resurfacing of land if they consist of the laying of concrete, tarmacadam, coated roadstone or similar material on the land (but not if they consist only of the repair of an existing surface of the land made of such material).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>This section applies to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>works on any land where those works, or works of a description which includes those works, are carried out under a power conferred in relation to that particular land by or under any enactment;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>works on any land where the works are carried out under a power conferred by or under any enactment applying to common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>works authorised under a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 or the Commons Act 1899 without any requirement for any person to consent to the works;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-d"><num>(d)</num><content>works for the installation of electronic communications apparatus for the purposes of an electronic communications code network.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-7"><num>(7)</num><content>In subsection (6)(a) the reference to an enactment does not include Part 2 of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (6)(b), an enactment applies to common land if it is expressed to apply (generally) to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>registered common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>common land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any common or commons, commonable land, land subject to inclosure under any enactment or other land of a similar description.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-9"><num>(9)</num><content>Subject to the following provisions of this Part, consent given to works under subsection (1) of this section constitutes consent for the purposes of that subsection only.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-1"><num>(1)</num><content>A person may not, except with the consent of the appropriate national authority, carry out any restricted works on land to which this section applies.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-restricted-works" eId="term-restricted-works">restricted works</term>” are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>works which have the effect of preventing or impeding access to or over any land to which this section applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>works for the resurfacing of land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The reference to works in subsection (2)(a) includes in particular—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the erection of fencing;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the construction of buildings and other structures;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the digging of ditches and trenches and the building of embankments.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-4"><num>(4)</num><content>For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) works are for the resurfacing of land if they consist of the laying of concrete, tarmacadam, coated roadstone or similar material on the land (but not if they consist only of the repair of an existing surface of the land made of such material).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>This section applies to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-38-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-38-5-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-38-5-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-38-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>works on any land where those works, or works of a description which includes those works, are carried out under a power conferred in relation to that particular land by or under any enactment;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>works on any land where the works are carried out under a power conferred by or under any enactment applying to common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>works authorised under a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 or the Commons Act 1899 without any requirement for any person to consent to the works;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-6-d"><num>(d)</num><content>works for the installation of electronic communications apparatus for the purposes of an electronic communications code network.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-7"><num>(7)</num><content>In subsection (6)(a) the reference to an enactment does not include Part 2 of this Act.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>For the purposes of subsection (6)(b), an enactment applies to common land if it is expressed to apply (generally) to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>registered common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>common land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any common or commons, commonable land, land subject to inclosure under any enactment or other land of a similar description.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-38-9"><num>(9)</num><content>Subject to the following provisions of this Part, consent given to works under subsection (1) of this section constitutes consent for the purposes of that subsection only.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39"><num>39</num><heading>Consent: general</heading><subsection eId="section-39-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>In determining an application for consent under subsection (1) of section 38 in relation to works on land to which that section applies, the appropriate national authority shall have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the land (and in particular persons exercising rights of common over it);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the interests of the neighbourhood;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the public interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>any other matter considered to be relevant.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (1)(c) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Consent may be given under section 38(1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to all or part of the proposed works;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>subject to such modifications and conditions relating to the proposed works as the appropriate national authority thinks fit.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-4"><num>(4)</num><content>In considering the effect in relation to any land of proposed works under this section, the appropriate national authority may consider that effect in conjunction with the effect in relation to that land of any other works for which consent has previously been given under section 38(1) above or section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Where the appropriate national authority imposes any modification or condition in relation to any consent given under section 38(1), it may on the application of any person carrying out or proposing to carry out works in accordance with the consent vary or revoke that modification or condition.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may specify a time limit for the making of applications under subsection (5).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-7"><num>(7)</num><content>Consent may be given under section 38(1) in relation to works which have been commenced or completed; and any consent so given has effect from the time of commencement of the works.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>In determining an application for consent under subsection (1) of section 38 in relation to works on land to which that section applies, the appropriate national authority shall have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the land (and in particular persons exercising rights of common over it);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the interests of the neighbourhood;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the public interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>any other matter considered to be relevant.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (1)(c) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Consent may be given under section 38(1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to all or part of the proposed works;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>subject to such modifications and conditions relating to the proposed works as the appropriate national authority thinks fit.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39-4"><num>(4)</num><content>In considering the effect in relation to any land of proposed works under this section, the appropriate national authority may consider that effect in conjunction with the effect in relation to that land of any other works for which consent has previously been given under section 38(1) above or section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Where the appropriate national authority imposes any modification or condition in relation to any consent given under section 38(1), it may on the application of any person carrying out or proposing to carry out works in accordance with the consent vary or revoke that modification or condition.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Regulations may specify a time limit for the making of applications under subsection (5).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-39-7"><num>(7)</num><content>Consent may be given under section 38(1) in relation to works which have been commenced or completed; and any consent so given has effect from the time of commencement of the works.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-40"><num>40</num><heading>Consent: procedure</heading><subsection eId="section-40-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed in the making and determination of applications under sections 38(1) and 39(5).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-40-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under this section may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by an applicant before submitting an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>as to the form and content of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the procedure to be followed in making an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>as to the evidence to be supplied in support of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>as to the fees payable in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by the appropriate national authority upon receipt of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>for the appointment by the appropriate national authority of a person to discharge any (or all) of its functions in relation to the determination of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>for the making of representations or objections in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>for the holding of a hearing or local inquiry in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>for the publication of a determination of an application and the notification of interested persons.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-40-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed in the making and determination of applications under sections 38(1) and 39(5).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-40-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Regulations under this section may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by an applicant before submitting an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>as to the form and content of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the procedure to be followed in making an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>as to the evidence to be supplied in support of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>as to the fees payable in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by the appropriate national authority upon receipt of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>for the appointment by the appropriate national authority of a person to discharge any (or all) of its functions in relation to the determination of an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>for the making of representations or objections in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>for the holding of a hearing or local inquiry in relation to an application;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>for the publication of a determination of an application and the notification of interested persons.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by an applicant before submitting an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>as to the form and content of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>as to the procedure to be followed in making an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>as to the evidence to be supplied in support of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>as to the fees payable in relation to an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content>as to the steps to be taken by the appropriate national authority upon receipt of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-g"><num>(g)</num><content>for the appointment by the appropriate national authority of a person to discharge any (or all) of its functions in relation to the determination of an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-h"><num>(h)</num><content>for the making of representations or objections in relation to an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-i"><num>(i)</num><content>for the holding of a hearing or local inquiry in relation to an application;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-40-2-j"><num>(j)</num><content>for the publication of a determination of an application and the notification of interested persons.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-41-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>On an application under this section the court may make an order—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in any case, for removal of the works and restoration of the land to the condition it was in before the works were carried out;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in a case where consent has been given under section 38(1) but the works have not been carried out in accordance with any term of that consent, for the works to be carried out in such manner and subject to such conditions as the order may specify.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-42"><num>42</num><heading>Schemes</heading><subsection eId="section-42-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies in relation to works on relevant land where, by virtue of section 38(1), the works may not be carried out without the consent of the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-land" eId="term-relevant-land">relevant land</term>” means land which is subject to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) which is in force at the commencement of this section; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30) which is in force at the commencement of this section.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any provision of the scheme referred to in subsection (2) would also prohibit the carrying out of the works, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the scheme does not allow for any person to consent to the works to be carried out,</content></level><wrapUp>the works do not contravene that provision if they are carried out with (and in accordance with the terms of) the consent of the appropriate national authority under section 38(1) and of any owner of the land (if not the person carrying out the works).</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed in obtaining the consent of an owner under subsection (3) (and may include provision for the consent of an owner to be regarded as having been given where he has not objected within a period of time specified in the regulations).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-42-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where any provision of the scheme referred to in subsection (2) would also prohibit the carrying out of the works without the consent of the appropriate national authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>consent given under section 38(1) is to be regarded as consent given under the scheme; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>consent may not be sought separately under the scheme.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-42-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This section applies in relation to works on relevant land where, by virtue of section 38(1), the works may not be carried out without the consent of the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-42-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-land" eId="term-relevant-land">relevant land</term>” means land which is subject to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) which is in force at the commencement of this section; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30) which is in force at the commencement of this section.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-42-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any provision of the scheme referred to in subsection (2) would also prohibit the carrying out of the works, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the scheme does not allow for any person to consent to the works to be carried out,</content></level><wrapUp>the works do not contravene that provision if they are carried out with (and in accordance with the terms of) the consent of the appropriate national authority under section 38(1) and of any owner of the land (if not the person carrying out the works).</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-42-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed in obtaining the consent of an owner under subsection (3) (and may include provision for the consent of an owner to be regarded as having been given where he has not objected within a period of time specified in the regulations).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-42-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where any provision of the scheme referred to in subsection (2) would also prohibit the carrying out of the works without the consent of the appropriate national authority—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-42-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>consent given under section 38(1) is to be regarded as consent given under the scheme; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-42-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>consent may not be sought separately under the scheme.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43"><num>43</num><heading>Power to exempt</heading><subsection eId="section-43-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the carrying out by a specified person of specified works on specified land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>the carrying out by a specified person, or a person of a specified description, of works of a specified description on—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-43-1-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-43-1-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>land of a specified description.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may only make an order under subsection (1)(a) if it is satisfied that the works specified in the order are necessary or expedient for any of the purposes in subsection (4).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may only make an order under subsection (1)(b) if it is satisfied that works of the description specified in the order are likely to be necessary or expedient on any land, or on land of the description specified in the order, for any of the purposes in subsection (4).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The purposes referred to in subsections (2) and (3) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>use of land by members of the public for the purposes of open-air recreation pursuant to any right of access;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the exercise of rights of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains or features of historic interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the use of the land for sporting or recreational purposes.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land was at any time before the commencement of this section land to which section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) applied, but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>at any such time that section ceased to apply to the land by virtue of subsection (3)(a) of that section,</content></level><wrapUp>the appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to the carrying out of works, or works of a description specified in the order, on that land.</wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Where any land is the subject of a resolution under section 194(3)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) immediately before the commencement of this section, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to the carrying out of works, or works of a description specified in the order, on that land.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-7"><num>(7)</num><content>An order under this section may provide that section 38 is not to apply only if the works to which the order relates are carried out in accordance with the terms of the order.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-8"><num>(8)</num><content>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>” means specified in an order under that subsection.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the carrying out by a specified person of specified works on specified land; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>the carrying out by a specified person, or a person of a specified description, of works of a specified description on—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-43-1-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-43-1-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>land of a specified description.</content></level></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-2"><num>(2)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may only make an order under subsection (1)(a) if it is satisfied that the works specified in the order are necessary or expedient for any of the purposes in subsection (4).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-3"><num>(3)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may only make an order under subsection (1)(b) if it is satisfied that works of the description specified in the order are likely to be necessary or expedient on any land, or on land of the description specified in the order, for any of the purposes in subsection (4).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The purposes referred to in subsections (2) and (3) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>use of land by members of the public for the purposes of open-air recreation pursuant to any right of access;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the exercise of rights of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains or features of historic interest;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content>the use of the land for sporting or recreational purposes.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land was at any time before the commencement of this section land to which section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) applied, but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>at any such time that section ceased to apply to the land by virtue of subsection (3)(a) of that section,</content></level><wrapUp>the appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to the carrying out of works, or works of a description specified in the order, on that land.</wrapUp></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-6"><num>(6)</num><content>Where any land is the subject of a resolution under section 194(3)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) immediately before the commencement of this section, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that section 38 is not to apply to the carrying out of works, or works of a description specified in the order, on that land.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-7"><num>(7)</num><content>An order under this section may provide that section 38 is not to apply only if the works to which the order relates are carried out in accordance with the terms of the order.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-43-8"><num>(8)</num><content>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>” means specified in an order under that subsection.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-44"><num>44</num><heading>Supplementary</heading><subsection eId="section-44-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Schedule 4 (which makes supplementary provision relating to works on common land) has effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A national authority may for any purpose specified in subsection (3) by order amend—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any local or personal Act passed before this Act which contains provision for that authority to consent to works on land which is common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners which contains provision for that authority to consent to works on land to which the Act applies.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The purposes referred to in subsection (2) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that of securing that sections 39 and 40 apply to an application for the consent referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) as they apply to an application for consent under section 38(1);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>that of securing that section 41 applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of the provision referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In subsection (2)—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-national-authority" eId="term-national-authority">national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales;</content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-common-land" eId="term-common-land">common land</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>any land not so registered which is subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30).</content></level></hcontainer></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-44-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Schedule 4 (which makes supplementary provision relating to works on common land) has effect.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-44-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>A national authority may for any purpose specified in subsection (3) by order amend—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any local or personal Act passed before this Act which contains provision for that authority to consent to works on land which is common land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners which contains provision for that authority to consent to works on land to which the Act applies.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-44-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The purposes referred to in subsection (2) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>that of securing that sections 39 and 40 apply to an application for the consent referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) as they apply to an application for consent under section 38(1);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>that of securing that section 41 applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of the provision referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1).</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-44-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In subsection (2)—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-national-authority" eId="term-national-authority">national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales;</content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-common-land" eId="term-common-land">common land</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>any land not so registered which is subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30).</content></level></hcontainer></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><intro>“national authority” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales;</content></level></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-leaseholder" eId="term-relevant-leaseholder">relevant leaseholder</term>” means a leaseholder under a lease for a term of more than seven years from the date on which the lease was granted.</content></hcontainer>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><mod>In Schedule 3 to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988, in paragraph 38(1)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In section 1, in subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for paragraph (a) substitute <quotedText>“ land which is registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006. ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>omit paragraph (b).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that section, omit subsection (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In section 45(1), in the definition of “rights of common”, for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In section 46(2), for “section” substitute <quotedText>“ subsection ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-4-crossheading-intervention-powers"><heading>Intervention powers</heading><section eId="section-45"><num>45</num><heading>Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land</heading><subsection eId="section-45-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>land is registered as common land or a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no person is registered in the register of title as the owner of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>it appears to a local authority in whose area the land or any part of it is situated that the owner cannot be identified.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The local authority may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>take any steps to protect the land against unlawful interference that could be taken by an owner in possession of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>institute proceedings against any person for any offence committed in respect of the land (but without prejudice to any power exercisable apart from this section).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-local-authority" eId="term-local-authority">local authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a county, district or parish council in England;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a London borough council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a county, county borough or community council in Wales.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-46"><num>46</num><heading>Powers relating to unauthorised agricultural activities</heading><subsection eId="section-46-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies where it appears to the appropriate national authority that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>a person is carrying out, or causing to be carried out by virtue of any arrangements, an agricultural activity on land which—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>is registered as common land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the activity is unauthorised; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the activity is detrimental to—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>the public interest.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may, subject to the following provisions of this section, serve a notice on the person requiring him to do any one or more of the following—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>within such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice to stop carrying out the activity, or stop causing it to be carried out, to the extent that it is unauthorised;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>not to carry out, or cause to be carried out, any other unauthorised agricultural activity on the land which would be detrimental to the matters specified in subsection (1)(c)(i) and (ii);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>to supply the authority with such information relating to agricultural activities on the land carried out, or caused to be carried out, by him as it may reasonably require.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Before serving a notice under this section the appropriate national authority must, to the extent that it is appropriate and practicable in all the circumstances to do so—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>notify the persons specified in subsection (4) of its intention to serve the notice; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>publicise its intention to do so (in such manner as it thinks fit).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The persons referred to in subsection (3)(a) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council for the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any other person with functions under any enactment which relate to the maintenance or management of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any person appearing to the authority to own or occupy the land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Any notification or publication under subsection (3) may specify a period within which representations about the proposed notice may be made.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In deciding whether to serve a notice under this section the appropriate national authority must have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any criminal or civil proceedings that have been or may be commenced in relation to the activity; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any steps taken by a commons council in relation to the activity.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>If a person on whom a notice is served under this section fails to comply with it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appropriate national authority may apply to <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882-1467450018050" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882" class="commentary"/> the county court</ins>for an order requiring him to do so; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the court may make such an order for the purpose of securing compliance with the notice as it thinks fit.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section, activity is unauthorised if the person carrying it out or causing it to be carried out—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>has no right or entitlement by virtue of his ownership or occupation of the land, or pursuant to any right of common, to do so; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is not doing so with the authority of the person or persons entitled to give such authority.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (1)(c)(ii) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-10"><num>(10)</num><content>Section 123(1) to (5) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) applies in relation to the service of a notice under this section as it applies in relation to the service of a notice under that Act.</content></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-45"><num>45</num><heading>Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land</heading><subsection eId="section-45-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>land is registered as common land or a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no person is registered in the register of title as the owner of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>it appears to a local authority in whose area the land or any part of it is situated that the owner cannot be identified.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The local authority may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>take any steps to protect the land against unlawful interference that could be taken by an owner in possession of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>institute proceedings against any person for any offence committed in respect of the land (but without prejudice to any power exercisable apart from this section).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-local-authority" eId="term-local-authority">local authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a county, district or parish council in England;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a London borough council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a county, county borough or community council in Wales.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-45-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>land is registered as common land or a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>no person is registered in the register of title as the owner of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>it appears to a local authority in whose area the land or any part of it is situated that the owner cannot be identified.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-45-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The local authority may—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>take any steps to protect the land against unlawful interference that could be taken by an owner in possession of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>institute proceedings against any person for any offence committed in respect of the land (but without prejudice to any power exercisable apart from this section).</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-45-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-local-authority" eId="term-local-authority">local authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a county, district or parish council in England;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a London borough council; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a county, county borough or community council in Wales.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-46"><num>46</num><heading>Powers relating to unauthorised agricultural activities</heading><subsection eId="section-46-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies where it appears to the appropriate national authority that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>a person is carrying out, or causing to be carried out by virtue of any arrangements, an agricultural activity on land which—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>is registered as common land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the activity is unauthorised; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the activity is detrimental to—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>the public interest.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may, subject to the following provisions of this section, serve a notice on the person requiring him to do any one or more of the following—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>within such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice to stop carrying out the activity, or stop causing it to be carried out, to the extent that it is unauthorised;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>not to carry out, or cause to be carried out, any other unauthorised agricultural activity on the land which would be detrimental to the matters specified in subsection (1)(c)(i) and (ii);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>to supply the authority with such information relating to agricultural activities on the land carried out, or caused to be carried out, by him as it may reasonably require.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Before serving a notice under this section the appropriate national authority must, to the extent that it is appropriate and practicable in all the circumstances to do so—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>notify the persons specified in subsection (4) of its intention to serve the notice; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>publicise its intention to do so (in such manner as it thinks fit).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The persons referred to in subsection (3)(a) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council for the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any other person with functions under any enactment which relate to the maintenance or management of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any person appearing to the authority to own or occupy the land.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Any notification or publication under subsection (3) may specify a period within which representations about the proposed notice may be made.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In deciding whether to serve a notice under this section the appropriate national authority must have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any criminal or civil proceedings that have been or may be commenced in relation to the activity; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any steps taken by a commons council in relation to the activity.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>If a person on whom a notice is served under this section fails to comply with it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appropriate national authority may apply to <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882-1467450018050" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882" class="commentary"/> the county court</ins>for an order requiring him to do so; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the court may make such an order for the purpose of securing compliance with the notice as it thinks fit.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section, activity is unauthorised if the person carrying it out or causing it to be carried out—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>has no right or entitlement by virtue of his ownership or occupation of the land, or pursuant to any right of common, to do so; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is not doing so with the authority of the person or persons entitled to give such authority.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (1)(c)(ii) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-10"><num>(10)</num><content>Section 123(1) to (5) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) applies in relation to the service of a notice under this section as it applies in relation to the service of a notice under that Act.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>This section applies where it appears to the appropriate national authority that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>a person is carrying out, or causing to be carried out by virtue of any arrangements, an agricultural activity on land which—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>is registered as common land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the activity is unauthorised; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-1-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the activity is detrimental to—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>the public interest.</content></level></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-46-1-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>a person is carrying out, or causing to be carried out by virtue of any arrangements, an agricultural activity on land which—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>is registered as common land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common;</content></level></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-46-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the activity is unauthorised; and</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-46-1-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>the activity is detrimental to—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>the interests of persons having rights in relation to, or occupying, the land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-46-1-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>the public interest.</content></level></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may, subject to the following provisions of this section, serve a notice on the person requiring him to do any one or more of the following—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>within such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice to stop carrying out the activity, or stop causing it to be carried out, to the extent that it is unauthorised;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>not to carry out, or cause to be carried out, any other unauthorised agricultural activity on the land which would be detrimental to the matters specified in subsection (1)(c)(i) and (ii);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>to supply the authority with such information relating to agricultural activities on the land carried out, or caused to be carried out, by him as it may reasonably require.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Before serving a notice under this section the appropriate national authority must, to the extent that it is appropriate and practicable in all the circumstances to do so—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>notify the persons specified in subsection (4) of its intention to serve the notice; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>publicise its intention to do so (in such manner as it thinks fit).</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The persons referred to in subsection (3)(a) are—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council for the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any other person with functions under any enactment which relate to the maintenance or management of the land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any person appearing to the authority to own or occupy the land.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-5"><num>(5)</num><content>Any notification or publication under subsection (3) may specify a period within which representations about the proposed notice may be made.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In deciding whether to serve a notice under this section the appropriate national authority must have regard to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any criminal or civil proceedings that have been or may be commenced in relation to the activity; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any steps taken by a commons council in relation to the activity.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-46-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>If a person on whom a notice is served under this section fails to comply with it—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the appropriate national authority may apply to <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882-1467450018050" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-0ebd9befe15a00dc45313339221b0882" class="commentary"/> the county court</ins>for an order requiring him to do so; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the court may make such an order for the purpose of securing compliance with the notice as it thinks fit.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>For the purposes of this section, activity is unauthorised if the person carrying it out or causing it to be carried out—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>has no right or entitlement by virtue of his ownership or occupation of the land, or pursuant to any right of common, to do so; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>is not doing so with the authority of the person or persons entitled to give such authority.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-9"><num>(9)</num><intro>The reference in subsection (1)(c)(ii) to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-9-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-46-10"><num>(10)</num><content>Section 123(1) to (5) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) applies in relation to the service of a notice under this section as it applies in relation to the service of a notice under that Act.</content></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-4-crossheading-abolition-of-powers-of-approvement-and-inclosure-etc"><heading>Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure <abbr title="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</abbr></heading><section eId="section-47"><num>47</num><heading>Approvement</heading><subsection eId="section-47-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Commons Act 1285 (13 Edw 1 c. 46) (power of approvement) shall cease to have effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-47-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Any power of approvement of a common which subsists at common law is abolished.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-48"><num>48</num><heading>Inclosure</heading><subsection eId="section-48-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 147 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118) (power to exchange common land for other land) shall cease to have effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-48-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The following shall cease to have effect—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>section 2 of the Gifts for Churches Act 1811 (c. 115);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in section 2 of the School Sites Act 1841 (c. 38), the words from “Provided also, that where any portion” to “such conveyance;”;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in section 1 of the Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112), the words from “Provided also” to the end.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-49"><num>49</num><heading>Notice of inclosure</heading><subsection eId="section-49-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 31 of the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) (three months' notice of claim to inclose to be given in local papers) shall cease to have effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-49-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 3 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878 (c. 71), for “Sections thirty and thirty-one” substitute <quotedText>“ Section 30 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-47"><num>47</num><heading>Approvement</heading><subsection eId="section-47-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Commons Act 1285 (13 Edw 1 c. 46) (power of approvement) shall cease to have effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-47-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Any power of approvement of a common which subsists at common law is abolished.</content></subsection></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-48"><num>48</num><heading>Inclosure</heading><subsection eId="section-48-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 147 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118) (power to exchange common land for other land) shall cease to have effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-48-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The following shall cease to have effect—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>section 2 of the Gifts for Churches Act 1811 (c. 115);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in section 2 of the School Sites Act 1841 (c. 38), the words from “Provided also, that where any portion” to “such conveyance;”;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in section 1 of the Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112), the words from “Provided also” to the end.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-48-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 147 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118) (power to exchange common land for other land) shall cease to have effect.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-48-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The following shall cease to have effect—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>section 2 of the Gifts for Churches Act 1811 (c. 115);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in section 2 of the School Sites Act 1841 (c. 38), the words from “Provided also, that where any portion” to “such conveyance;”;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-48-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in section 1 of the Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112), the words from “Provided also” to the end.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-49"><num>49</num><heading>Notice of inclosure</heading><subsection eId="section-49-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 31 of the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) (three months' notice of claim to inclose to be given in local papers) shall cease to have effect.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-49-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 3 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878 (c. 71), for “Sections thirty and thirty-one” substitute <quotedText>“ Section 30 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subsection></section>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-4-crossheading-commons-act-1899"><heading>Commons Act 1899</heading><section eId="section-50"><num>50</num><heading>Schemes under the Commons Act 1899</heading><subsection eId="section-50-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Commons Act 1899 (c. 30) is amended as follows.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-50-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In section 1 (power of councils to make schemes for the regulation of commons)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-50-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>in subsection (1), for the words from “their district” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ in the public interest ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-50-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>after that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro>In subsection (1), the reference to the public interest includes the public interest in—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>nature conservation;</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the conservation of the landscape;</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content>the protection of public rights of access to any area of land; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content>the protection of archaeological remains and features of historic interest.</content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-50-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that section, in subsection (3), omit the words from “, and for” to the end.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-50-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In that section, after subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro>Regulations under subsection (3) may—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>prescribe alternative forms;</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>permit exceptions or modifications to be made to any prescribed form.</content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-50-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>In section 2 (procedure for making scheme)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-50-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for subsections (1) to (3) and the first paragraph of subsection (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1)</num><content>A council is to make and approve a scheme under this Part of this Act in the prescribed manner.</content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-50-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>renumber the second paragraph of subsection (4) as subsection (2).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-50-6"><num>(6)</num><content><mod>For section 9 (power to amend scheme) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>9</num><heading>Power to amend or revoke scheme</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content>A scheme under this Part of this Act for any common may, in prescribed circumstances, be amended in the prescribed manner.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content>A scheme under this Part of this Act for any common may, where a new scheme is made under this Part of this Act for the whole of that common, be revoked in the prescribed manner.</content></subsection></section></quotedStructure></mod></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-50-7"><num>(7)</num><content><mod>For section 10 (byelaws) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>10</num><heading>Byelaws</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content>A council which has made a scheme under this Part of this Act in relation to any common may make byelaws for the prevention of nuisances and the preservation of order on the common.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content>Sections 236 to 238 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which relate to the procedure for making byelaws, authorise byelaws to impose fines not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, and provide for the proof of byelaws in legal proceedings) apply to all byelaws under this section.</content></subsection></section></quotedStructure></mod></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-50-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Commons Act 1899 (c. 30) is amended as follows.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-50-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that section, in subsection (3), omit the words from “, and for” to the end.</content></subsection>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-4-crossheading-vehicular-access"><heading>Vehicular access</heading><section eId="section-51"><num>51</num><heading>Vehicular access</heading><content>Section 68 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) shall cease to have effect.</content></section></hcontainer>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-52"><num>52</num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><content>Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) has effect.</content></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-53"><num>53</num><heading>Repeals</heading><content>Schedule 6 (repeals, including consequential repeals and repeals of spent and obsolete enactments) has effect.</content></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-54"><num>54</num><heading>Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens</heading><subsection eId="section-54-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order amend any relevant Act so as to secure that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a provision of that Act applying to common land does not apply to land to which Part 1 applies and which is not registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>such a provision applies to either or both of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-54-1-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land registered as common land, or particular descriptions or areas of such land;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-54-1-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>land to which Part 1 does not apply, or particular descriptions or areas of such land.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order amend any relevant Act so as to secure that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-54-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a provision of that Act which is expressed to apply to a town or village green does not apply to land to which Part 1 applies and which is not registered as a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>such a provision applies to either or both of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-54-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land registered as a town or village green, or particular descriptions or areas of such land;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-54-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>land to which Part 1 does not apply, or particular descriptions or areas of such land.</content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-act" eId="term-relevant-act">relevant Act</term>” means any public general Act passed before this Act.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-4"><num>(4)</num><content>For the purposes of subsection (1) a provision applies to common land if it is expressed to apply (generally) to common land, any common or commons, commonable land, land subject to inclosure under any enactment or other land of a similar description.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-54-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order amend any relevant Act so as to secure that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a provision of that Act applying to common land does not apply to land to which Part 1 applies and which is not registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>such a provision applies to either or both of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-54-1-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land registered as common land, or particular descriptions or areas of such land;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-54-1-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>land to which Part 1 does not apply, or particular descriptions or areas of such land.</content></level></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-54-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority may by order amend any relevant Act so as to secure that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-54-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>a provision of that Act which is expressed to apply to a town or village green does not apply to land to which Part 1 applies and which is not registered as a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>such a provision applies to either or both of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-54-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land registered as a town or village green, or particular descriptions or areas of such land;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-54-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>land to which Part 1 does not apply, or particular descriptions or areas of such land.</content></level></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-54-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In this section, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-act" eId="term-relevant-act">relevant Act</term>” means any public general Act passed before this Act.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-54-4"><num>(4)</num><content>For the purposes of subsection (1) a provision applies to common land if it is expressed to apply (generally) to common land, any common or commons, commonable land, land subject to inclosure under any enactment or other land of a similar description.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-55"><num>55</num><heading>Power to amend enactments conferring functions on national authorities</heading><subsection eId="section-55-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A national authority may by order amend or repeal any provision of a local or personal Act passed before this Act which applies to common land for any of the following purposes—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove any function of the national authority which relates to the common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to transfer such a function from the national authority to another person;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>to remove a requirement that the national authority be consulted, or that its consent be obtained, in respect of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-55-1-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any act or omission relating to the common land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-55-1-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of the common land;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-55-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1), “<term refersTo="#term-common-land" eId="term-common-land">common land</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land or as a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any land referred to in section 5(2); and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30).</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-55-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A national authority may by order amend or repeal any provision of an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners for any of the following purposes—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove any function of the national authority which relates to land to which the Act applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to transfer such a function from the national authority to another person;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>to remove a requirement that the national authority be consulted, or that its consent be obtained, in respect of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-55-3-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any act or omission relating to land to which the Act applies; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-55-3-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of such land;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-55-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-national-authority" eId="term-national-authority">national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales.</content></level></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-55-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A national authority may by order amend or repeal any provision of a local or personal Act passed before this Act which applies to common land for any of the following purposes—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove any function of the national authority which relates to the common land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to transfer such a function from the national authority to another person;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>to remove a requirement that the national authority be consulted, or that its consent be obtained, in respect of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-55-1-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any act or omission relating to the common land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-55-1-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of the common land;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove any function of the national authority which relates to the common land;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to transfer such a function from the national authority to another person;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-1-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>to remove a requirement that the national authority be consulted, or that its consent be obtained, in respect of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-55-1-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any act or omission relating to the common land; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-55-1-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of the common land;</content></level></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-55-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In subsection (1), “<term refersTo="#term-common-land" eId="term-common-land">common land</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land or as a town or village green;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any land referred to in section 5(2); and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30).</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-55-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A national authority may by order amend or repeal any provision of an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners for any of the following purposes—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove any function of the national authority which relates to land to which the Act applies;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to transfer such a function from the national authority to another person;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>to remove a requirement that the national authority be consulted, or that its consent be obtained, in respect of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-55-3-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any act or omission relating to land to which the Act applies; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-55-3-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of such land;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</content></level></subsection>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove any function of the national authority which relates to land to which the Act applies;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to transfer such a function from the national authority to another person;</content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-3-c"><num>(c)</num><intro>to remove a requirement that the national authority be consulted, or that its consent be obtained, in respect of—</intro><level class="para2" eId="section-55-3-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content>any act or omission relating to land to which the Act applies; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-55-3-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of such land;</content></level></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-55-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</content></level>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-55-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-national-authority" eId="term-national-authority">national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-55-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-55-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-56"><num>56</num><heading>Commencement</heading><subsection eId="section-56-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The preceding provisions of this Act, except section 9 and Schedule 1 and sections 54 and 55, come into force in accordance with provision made by order by the appropriate national authority.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-56-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Sections 54 and 55 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</content></subsection></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-57"><num>57</num><heading>Severance: transitional</heading><subsection eId="section-57-1"><num>(1)</num><content>In relation to any area of England and Wales, the reference in subsection (1) of section 9 to a register of common land or town or village greens shall, during the relevant period in relation to that area, be read as a reference to such a register kept under the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-57-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 shall not have effect in relation to a right of common severed (in accordance with that paragraph) from land in any area of England and Wales during the relevant period in relation to that area.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-57-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section, the “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-period" eId="term-relevant-period">relevant period</term>”, in relation to an area of England and Wales, is the period which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-57-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>begins with the coming into force of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-57-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>ends with the coming into force of section 1 in relation to that area.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-57-4"><num>(4)</num><content>This section is deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2005.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-57-1"><num>(1)</num><content>In relation to any area of England and Wales, the reference in subsection (1) of section 9 to a register of common land or town or village greens shall, during the relevant period in relation to that area, be read as a reference to such a register kept under the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-57-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 shall not have effect in relation to a right of common severed (in accordance with that paragraph) from land in any area of England and Wales during the relevant period in relation to that area.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-57-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this section, the “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-period" eId="term-relevant-period">relevant period</term>”, in relation to an area of England and Wales, is the period which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-57-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>begins with the coming into force of this section; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-57-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>ends with the coming into force of section 1 in relation to that area.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-57-4"><num>(4)</num><content>This section is deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2005.</content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-58"><num>58</num><heading>Natural England</heading><content>Any reference in a provision of this Act to Natural England shall, in relation to any time after the coming into force of that provision but before the coming into force of section 1(4) of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, be read as a reference to English Nature.</content></section>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-5-crossheading-general"><heading>General</heading><section eId="section-59"><num>59</num><heading>Orders and regulations</heading><subsection eId="section-59-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An order or regulations under this Act may make—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-59-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>transitional, consequential, incidental and supplemental provision or savings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-59-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>different provision for different purposes or areas.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-59-2"><num>(2)</num><content>An order or regulations under this Act, other than an order under section 17, must be made by statutory instrument.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-59-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 29(1) or an order under section 54 or 55 may not be made by the Secretary of State (alone or jointly with the National Assembly for Wales) unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-59-3A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5-1439198644473" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5" class="commentary"/>(3A)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5-1439198644473" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5">A statutory instrument containing an order under section 15C(5)</ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5-1439198644473" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-664ac3bdebbce411378bfc702c7132a3-1486557752432" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-664ac3bdebbce411378bfc702c7132a3"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-664ac3bdebbce411378bfc702c7132a3" class="commentary"/>made by the Secretary of State</ins></ins><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5-1439198644473" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-294f048f3c19f2260884bf4fdb5996f5"> may not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-59-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Subject to subsection (3)<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9798b799e02af426a818eea6324069cf-1439199343857" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9798b799e02af426a818eea6324069cf"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9798b799e02af426a818eea6324069cf" class="commentary"/>or (3A)</ins>, a statutory instrument containing any order or regulations made under this Act by the Secretary of State (alone or jointly with the National Assembly for Wales) other than an order under section 56 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-59-5"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7-1486557693212" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7" class="commentary"/>(5)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7-1486557693212" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7">A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 29(1) or an order under section 15C(5), 54 or 55 may not be made by the Welsh Ministers unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.</ins></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-59-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7-1486557693212" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7">(6)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7-1486557693212" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7">Subject to subsection (5), a statutory instrument containing any order or regulations made under this Act by the Welsh Ministers other than an order under section 56 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.</ins></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-60"><num>60</num><heading>Crown application</heading><subsection eId="section-60-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This Act (and any provision made under it) binds the Crown.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-60-2"><num>(2)</num><content>This section does not impose criminal liability on the Crown in relation to an offence under section 34(1).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-60-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Subsection (2) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown.</content></subsection></section><section eId="section-61"><num>61</num><heading>Interpretation</heading><subsection eId="section-61-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>In this Act—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-appropriate-national-authority" eId="term-appropriate-national-authority">appropriate national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State, in relation to England; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-cd911713ec02204edbda07188cc8c0fe-1486557920678" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-cd911713ec02204edbda07188cc8c0fe"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-cd911713ec02204edbda07188cc8c0fe" class="commentary"/>Welsh Ministers</ins>, in relation to Wales;</content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-commons-council" eId="term-commons-council">commons council</term>” means a commons council established under Part 2;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-land" eId="term-land">land</term>” includes land covered by water;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-nature-conservation" eId="term-nature-conservation">nature conservation</term>” means the conservation of flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-regulations" eId="term-regulations">regulations</term>” means regulations made by the appropriate national authority;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-register-of-title" eId="term-register-of-title">register of title</term>” means the register kept under section 1 of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-right-of-common" eId="term-right-of-common">right of common</term>” includes a cattlegate or beastgate (by whatever name known) and a right of sole or several vesture or herbage or of sole or several pasture, but does not include a right held for a term of years or from year to year.</content></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-61-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In this Act—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-61-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any reference to land registered as common land or a town or village green is to land so registered in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-61-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any reference to a register of common land or town or village greens is to such a register kept under Part 1 of this Act.</content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-61-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this Act—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-61-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>references to the ownership or the owner of any land are references to the ownership of a legal estate in fee simple in the land or to the person holding that estate;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-61-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>references to land registered in the register of title are references to land the fee simple of which is so registered.</content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-62"><num>62</num><heading>Short title</heading><content>This Act may be cited as the Commons Act 2006.</content></section><section eId="section-63"><num>63</num><heading>Extent</heading><content>This Act extends to England and Wales only.</content></section></hcontainer>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-59-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>An order or regulations under this Act may make—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-59-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>transitional, consequential, incidental and supplemental provision or savings;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-59-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>different provision for different purposes or areas.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-59-2"><num>(2)</num><content>An order or regulations under this Act, other than an order under section 17, must be made by statutory instrument.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-59-3"><num>(3)</num><content>A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 29(1) or an order under section 54 or 55 may not be made by the Secretary of State (alone or jointly with the National Assembly for Wales) unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-59-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Subject to subsection (3)<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9798b799e02af426a818eea6324069cf-1439199343857" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9798b799e02af426a818eea6324069cf"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9798b799e02af426a818eea6324069cf" class="commentary"/>or (3A)</ins>, a statutory instrument containing any order or regulations made under this Act by the Secretary of State (alone or jointly with the National Assembly for Wales) other than an order under section 56 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</content></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-59-6"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7-1486557693212" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7">(6)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7-1486557693212" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b81a76b645d7d783ed76c6bed96cedf7">Subject to subsection (5), a statutory instrument containing any order or regulations made under this Act by the Welsh Ministers other than an order under section 56 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.</ins></content></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-60"><num>60</num><heading>Crown application</heading><subsection eId="section-60-1"><num>(1)</num><content>This Act (and any provision made under it) binds the Crown.</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-60-2"><num>(2)</num><content>This section does not impose criminal liability on the Crown in relation to an offence under section 34(1).</content></subsection><subsection eId="section-60-3"><num>(3)</num><content>Subsection (2) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown.</content></subsection></section>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="section-61-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>In this Act—</intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-appropriate-national-authority" eId="term-appropriate-national-authority">appropriate national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State, in relation to England; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-cd911713ec02204edbda07188cc8c0fe-1486557920678" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-cd911713ec02204edbda07188cc8c0fe"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-cd911713ec02204edbda07188cc8c0fe" class="commentary"/>Welsh Ministers</ins>, in relation to Wales;</content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-commons-council" eId="term-commons-council">commons council</term>” means a commons council established under Part 2;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-land" eId="term-land">land</term>” includes land covered by water;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-nature-conservation" eId="term-nature-conservation">nature conservation</term>” means the conservation of flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-regulations" eId="term-regulations">regulations</term>” means regulations made by the appropriate national authority;</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-register-of-title" eId="term-register-of-title">register of title</term>” means the register kept under section 1 of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);</content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-right-of-common" eId="term-right-of-common">right of common</term>” includes a cattlegate or beastgate (by whatever name known) and a right of sole or several vesture or herbage or of sole or several pasture, but does not include a right held for a term of years or from year to year.</content></hcontainer></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-61-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In this Act—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-61-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any reference to land registered as common land or a town or village green is to land so registered in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-61-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>any reference to a register of common land or town or village greens is to such a register kept under Part 1 of this Act.</content></level></subsection>

<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-61-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In this Act—</intro><level class="para1" eId="section-61-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>references to the ownership or the owner of any land are references to the ownership of a legal estate in fee simple in the land or to the person holding that estate;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-61-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>references to land registered in the register of title are references to land the fee simple of which is so registered.</content></level></subsection>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-62"><num>62</num><heading>Short title</heading><content>This Act may be cited as the Commons Act 2006.</content></section>

<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-63"><num>63</num><heading>Extent</heading><content>This Act extends to England and Wales only.</content></section>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedules"><heading>SCHEDULES</heading><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1"><num>SCHEDULE 1<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 9</authorialNote></num><heading>Authorised severance</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Severance by transfer to public bodies</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force be severed permanently from the land to which it is attached by being transferred on its own to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council established for the land over which the right is exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Natural England (where the land or any part of it is in England); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the Countryside Council for Wales (where the land or any part of it is in Wales).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where a person proposes to sever a right of common to which section 9 applies by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c), Natural England or the Countryside Council for Wales as the case may be must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>give notice of the proposal to the owner of the land over which the right is exercisable unless his name and address cannot reasonably be ascertained;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in a case where there is no commons council established for the land, give notice of the proposal to such persons (if any) as they consider represent the interests of persons exercising rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A notice under sub-paragraph (2) must be given at least two months before the transfer and must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>specify the name and address of the owner of the land to which the right is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>describe the right proposed to be transferred, giving such details as regulations may specify;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>state the proposed consideration for the transfer; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>give such other information as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable over land for which a commons council is established, the right may only be severed by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) if that council consents to the transfer.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><content>In a case where there is no commons council established for the land over which a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that a person with functions of management conferred by any enactment in relation to that land is to be regarded, for any or all purposes of this paragraph, as a commons council established for the land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Temporary severance by letting or leasing</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may, on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force, to any extent be severed temporarily from the land to which it is attached by virtue of the right, or all or part of the land, being leased or licensed on its own in accordance with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision made by order by the appropriate national authority; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules made in relation to the land by a commons council under section 31.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) and rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) may be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land or descriptions of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>descriptions of persons to whom rights of common may be leased or licensed.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies in relation to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) also apply in relation to that land and are inconsistent with that provision,</content></level><wrapUp>the rules prevail over that provision, to the extent of the inconsistency, in relation to that land.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that the leasing or licensing of a right of common (whether authorised by provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or by rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)) must comply with such requirements as to form and content as the order may provide.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Severance authorised by order</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order make provision authorising rights of common to which section 9 applies to be severed permanently from the land to which they are attached by transfer in accordance with that provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) is to be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land over which the rights of common are exercisable, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>particular descriptions of such land,</content></level><wrapUp>and may authorise transfers to particular persons, particular descriptions of persons or any person.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority must, before making any provision under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to any land, consult such persons (if any) as it considers represent the interests of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>persons who own the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>persons who exercise rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision securing that the owner of any land over which a right of common is exercisable is to be notified, and his consent obtained, before the right may be transferred.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (4) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which notification may be regarded as having been given; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which consent may be regarded as having been obtained.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision for consent to be regarded as having been obtained if it is withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision for the circumstances in which consent is to be regarded as withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>provision for the resolution of disputes.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under provision under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision to secure the result that where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the person to whom the right of common is transferred is the owner of land to which rights of common are attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>those rights are exercisable over the same land, or substantially the same land, as the right of common being transferred,</content></level><wrapUp>the transferee must, when making an application as specified in sub-paragraph (7)(b), apply to the commons registration authority for the right to be registered as attached to the land referred to in paragraph (a).</wrapUp></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-2"><num>SCHEDULE 2<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 22</authorialNote></num><heading>Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Introductory</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “the 1965 Act” means the Commons Registration Act <ref eId="c00044" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/64">1965 (c. 64)</ref>.</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Non-registration of common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as common land or as a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>is land which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act <ref eId="c00045" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1876/56">1876 (c. 56)</ref> confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under Metropolitan Commons Act <ref eId="c00046" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1866/122">1866 (c. 122)</ref> or the Commons Act <ref eId="c00047" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1899/30">1899 (c. 30)</ref>;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>regulated as common land under a local or personal Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>otherwise recognised or designated as common land by or under an enactment;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Non-registration of town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as a town or village green or as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as a town or village green in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on 31 July 1970 was land allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as a town or village green or as common land under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>continues to be land allotted as specified in paragraph (a);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Waste land of a manor not registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land which at the time of the application under sub-paragraph (1) is waste land of a manor and where, before the commencement of this paragraph—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an objection was made in relation to the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration was cancelled in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (3), (4) or (5).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that, although the land had been waste land of a manor at some earlier time, it was not such land at the time of the determination because it had ceased to be connected with the manor; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>for that reason only the Commissioner refused to confirm the provisional registration.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that the land was not subject to rights of common and for that reason refused to confirm the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the Commissioner did not consider whether the land was waste land of a manor.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that the person on whose application the provisional registration was made requested or agreed to its cancellation (whether before or after its referral to a Commons Commissioner).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Town or village green wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land and register it in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration, the land was a town or village green within the meaning of that Act as originally enacted.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove and register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Buildings registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as common land was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not any of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land subject to rights of common;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>waste land of a manor;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>a town or village green within the meaning of the 1965 Act as originally enacted; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>land of a description specified in section 11 of the Inclosure Act <ref eId="c00048" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1845/118">1845 (c. 118)</ref>.</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Buildings registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as a town or village green was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>common land within the meaning of that Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>a town or village green.</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d)(ii), land is to be taken not to have been a town or village green immediately before its provisional registration if (and only if)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>throughout the period of 20 years preceding the date of its provisional registration the land was, by reason of its physical nature, unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not, and at the time of the application under this paragraph still is not, allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Costs</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the payment of costs which pursuant to an application under this Schedule are incurred by the applicant, an objector or the person determining the application.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>That provision may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>for the payment of costs by the applicant, an objector or a commons registration authority;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>for the person determining an application or the appropriate national authority to determine who is liable to pay costs and how much they are liable to pay.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-3"><num>SCHEDULE 3<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 23</authorialNote></num><heading>Registration: transitional provision</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Interpretation</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “the 1965 Act” means the Commons Registration Act <ref eId="c00049" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/64">1965 (c. 64)</ref>.</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Transitional period for updating registers</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities, during a period specified in the regulations (“the transitional period”), to amend their registers of common land and town or village greens in consequence of qualifying events which were not registered under the 1965 Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The following are qualifying events for the purposes of this Schedule—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>the creation of a right of common (by any means, including prescription), where occurring in relation to land to which this Part applies at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after 2 January 1970; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>any relevant disposition in relation to a right of common registered under the 1965 Act, or any extinguishment of such a right, where occurring at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after the date of the registration of the right under that Act; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a disposition occurring before the commencement of this paragraph by virtue of any relevant instrument in relation to land which at the time of the disposition was registered as common land or a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the giving of land in exchange for any land subject to a disposition referred to in paragraph (c).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(b) “relevant disposition” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the surrender of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the variation of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in the case of a right of common attached to land, the apportionment or severance of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>in the case of a right not attached to land, the transfer of the right.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(c) “relevant instrument” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any order, deed or other instrument made under or pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act <ref eId="c00050" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/67">1981 (c. 67)</ref>;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a conveyance made for the purposes of section 13 of the <ref eId="c00051" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukcm/1943/1">New Parishes Measure 1943 (No. 1)</ref>;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other instrument made under or pursuant to any enactment.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations under this paragraph may include provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers as specified in sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on the application of a person specified in the regulations; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on their own initiative.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Regulations under sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include provision requiring a commons registration authority to take steps to discover information relating to qualifying events, including in particular requiring an authority to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>carry out a review of information already contained in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>publicise the review;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>invite persons to supply information for, or to apply for amendment of, the register.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>At the end of the transitional period, any right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is not registered in a register of common land or town or village greens, but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was capable of being so registered under paragraph 2,</content></level><wrapUp>is by virtue of this paragraph at that time extinguished.</wrapUp></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers of common land or town or village greens after the end of the transitional period, in circumstances specified in the regulations, in consequence of qualifying events.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Regulations under this paragraph may provide that paragraph 3 is to be treated as not having applied to any right of common which is registered pursuant to the regulations.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content>Regulations under paragraph 2 or 4 may in particular include provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as severance of a right of common for the purposes of those regulations.</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Effect of repeals</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 1(2)(b) of the 1965 Act does not affect the extinguishment of rights of common occurring by virtue of that provision.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 21(1) of the 1965 Act does not affect the application of section 193 of the Law of Property Act <ref eId="c00052" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1925/20">1925 (c. 20)</ref> in relation to any land.</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Ownership of common land or town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Where the ownership of any land is registered in any register under the 1965 Act immediately before the commencement of this Schedule the ownership shall, subject to this Part, continue to be registered in that register.44</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where the ownership of land continues to be registered in a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), if the commons registration authority is notified by the Chief Land Registrar that the land has been registered in the register of title, the authority shall—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>remove the registration of ownership; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>indicate in the register in such manner as may be specified in regulations that the land has been registered in the register of title.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Regulations may require commons registration authorities—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove registration of ownership of land from their registers of common land and town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to keep or otherwise deal with documents received by them in connection with the registration of ownership of land in such manner as the regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Vesting of unclaimed land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 8 of the 1965 Act does not affect the vesting of land in any local authority (within the meaning of that Act) occurring by virtue of that provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Unless land so vesting is regulated by a scheme under the Commons Act <ref eId="c00053" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1899/30">1899 (c. 30)</ref>, sections 10 and 15 of the Open Spaces Act <ref eId="c00054" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1906/25">1906 (c. 25)</ref> (power to manage and make byelaws) shall continue to apply to it as if the local authority had acquired the ownership under that Act of 1906.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-4"><num>SCHEDULE 4<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 44</authorialNote></num><heading>Works: supplementary</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Metropolitan commons</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In section 5 of the Metropolitan Commons Act <ref eId="c00055" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1866/122">1866 (c. 122)</ref> (prohibition on inclosure), after “inclosure of a metropolitan common” insert “which is under the control and management of a London borough council”.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Schedule to the <ref eId="c00056" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/1967/29">Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix)</ref> is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In article 12 (restriction on powers in relation to commons), in paragraph (1) omit “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that article, after paragraph (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of paragraph (1) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under paragraph (1)).</content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Omit paragraph (3) of that article.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content>In article 17 (street improvement), in paragraph (1), after “enactment” insert “or in any scheme made under, or confirmed by, any enactment”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In that article—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in paragraph (2), omit the words from “and the Minister” to the end;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in the case of any common, section 40 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to the application as it applies in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in any other case, the Minister before giving any consent shall have regard to any representations made to him in the manner specified in paragraph (3).</content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (2)” insert “in a case to which paragraph (2B) applies”.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>National Trust property</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 29 of the <ref eId="c00057" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/1907/136">National Trust Act 1907 (c. cxxxvi)</ref> (powers exercisable over common or commonable land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Renumber the existing provision as subsection (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that subsection, for “consists of common or commonable land” substitute “is land to which this section applies”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro>This section applies to—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 or the Commons Act 1899; and</content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 23 of the <ref eId="c00058" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/1971/6">National Trust Act 1971 (c. vi)</ref> (powers over common land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In subsection (2), omit the words from “, and in giving” to the end.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under subsection (2) of this section as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of subsection (2) of this section as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under subsection (2) of this section).</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2C)</num><content>Nothing in section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to land to which section 29 of the Act of 1907 applies.</content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>New parishes</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content>In section 15 of the <ref eId="c00059" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukcm/1943/1">New Parishes Measure 1943 (No. 1)</ref> (land subject to rights of common), in subsection (1), for the words from “without the consent” to the end substitute “without the consent of the Secretary of State and sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for such consent as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.”</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Transitional provision</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>In its application to any works carried out on or after 28 June 2005 but before the day on which section 38(1) above comes into force, section 194(2) of the Law of Property Act <ref eId="c00060" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1925/20">1925 (c. 20)</ref> shall have effect as if the words “interested in the common” were omitted.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><intro>The prohibition in section 38(1) does not apply to works carried out in connection with the taking or working of minerals if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the works were granted planning permission under any enactment before the commencement of section 38;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the works are carried out in accordance with that planning permission in the period allowed for the works to be carried out (subject to any extension of time granted before or after the commencement of that section).</content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-5"><num>SCHEDULE 5<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 52</authorialNote></num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Countryside Act <ref eId="c00061" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/41">1968 (c. 41)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside Act 1968 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 9(6), for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“common land” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In Schedule 2, in paragraph 7, for the words from “section 22(1)” to the end substitute “the principal section”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Animals Act <ref eId="c00062" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/22">1971 (c. 22)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><mod>In section 11 of the Animals Act 1971, for the definitions of “common land” and “town or village green” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“common land” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level>“town or village green” means land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Wildlife and Countryside Act <ref eId="c00063" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/69">1981 (c. 69)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>In section 52(2C) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>for “common land” (in the first place where it occurs) substitute “subject to rights of common (within the meaning of the Commons Act 2006)”;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>for the words from “the commoners” to the end of the subsection substitute “the persons with such rights or any of them and any commons council established under Part 2 of the Commons Act 2006 for that land”.</content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act <ref eId="c00064" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/4">1988 (c. 4)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content>In Schedule 3 to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988, in paragraph 38(1)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute “section 45 of the Commons Act 2006”.</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act <ref eId="c00065" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33">1994 (c. 33)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><intro>In section 61(9) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default">“common land” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; and</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common as defined in that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in the definition of “commoner”, for the words from “as defined” to the end substitute “as so defined;”;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in the definition of “the local authority”, for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute “section 45 of the Commons Act 2006”.</content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Environment Act <ref eId="c00066" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25">1995 (c. 25)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><intro>In Schedule 9 to the Environment Act 1995, in paragraph 1—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute “section 45 of the Commons Act 2006”;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in sub-paragraph (6), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute “Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006”.</content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Countryside and Rights of Way Act <ref eId="c00067" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37">2000 (c. 37)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In section 1, in subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>for paragraph (a) substitute “land which is registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006.”;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>omit paragraph (b).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that section, omit subsection (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><content>In section 45(1), in the definition of “rights of common”, for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute “the Commons Act 2006”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-5"><num>(5)</num><content>In section 46(2), for “section” substitute “subsection”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Land Registration Act <ref eId="c00068" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/9">2002 (c. 9)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Land Registration Act 2002 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In section 27(2)(d), for “the Commons Registration Act <ref eId="c00069" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/64">1965 (c. 64)</ref>” substitute “Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In section 33(d), for “the Commons Registration Act <ref eId="c00070" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/64">1965 (c. 64)</ref>” substitute “Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-4"><num>(4)</num><content>In Schedule 3, in paragraph 3(1), for “the Commons Registration Act <ref eId="c00071" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/64">1965 (c. 64)</ref>” substitute “Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-6"><num>SCHEDULE 6<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 53</authorialNote></num><heading>Repeals</heading><part eId="schedule-6-part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Repeals relating to registration</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" summary="This table displays the Short title and chapter of the repealed Acts and specifies the Extent of repeal."><default:thead><default:tr><default:th>Short title and chapter</default:th><default:th>Extent of repeal</default:th></default:tr></default:thead><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td>Commons Registration Act <ref eId="c00072" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/64">1965 (c. 64)</ref></default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Parliamentary Commissioner Act <ref eId="c00073" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/13">1967 (c. 13)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 4, the paragraph relating to Commons Commissioners.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Local Government Act <ref eId="c00074" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">1972 (c. 70)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 189(1) and (2).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Local Government Act <ref eId="c00075" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/51">1985 (c. 51)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 8, paragraph 10(6).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><ref eId="c00076" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/1985/37">Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (c. xxxvii)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 8.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Act <ref eId="c00077" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/18">1989 (c. 18)</ref></default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Courts and Legal Services Act <ref eId="c00078" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/41">1990 (c. 41)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 10, paragraph 26.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Tribunals and Inquiries Act <ref eId="c00079" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/53">1992 (c. 53)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 1, in Part 1, the entry relating to Commons Commissioners and assessors.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act <ref eId="c00080" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/8">1993 (c. 8)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 6, paragraph 26.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td rowspan="3">Countryside and Rights of Way Act <ref eId="c00081" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/37">2000 (c. 37)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 1(3)(b) and (4).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Section 46(1).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Section 98.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Land Registration Act <ref eId="c00082" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/9">2002 (c. 9)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 11, paragraph 7.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><ref eId="c00083" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/2002/1">Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002 (c. i)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 33(1).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td rowspan="2">Constitutional Reform Act <ref eId="c00084" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4">2005 (c. 4)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 7, in paragraph 4, the entry relating to the Commons Registration Act 1965.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>In Schedule 14, in Part 3, the entries relating to—<blockList 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href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1866/122">1866 (c. 122)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 21.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td rowspan="2">Commons Act <ref eId="c00086" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1876/56">1876 (c. 56)</ref></default:td><default:td>In section 30, the words from “Any person aggrieved” to the end of the section.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Section 36.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act <ref eId="c00087" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1899/30">1899 (c. 30)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 21.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Law of Property Act <ref eId="c00088" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1925/20">1925 (c. 20)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 194.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act <ref eId="c00089" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1934/40">1934 (c. 40)</ref></default:td><default:td>In the Schedule, the reference to subsection (2) of section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Compulsory Purchase Act <ref eId="c00090" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/56">1965 (c. 56)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Commons Act 1899.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td rowspan="2"><ref eId="c00091" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/1967/29">Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix)</ref></default:td><default:td>In article 12 of the Schedule—<blockList xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num>in paragraph (1), the words “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”; and</item><item><num>(b)</num>paragraph (3).</item></blockList></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>In article 17(2) of the Schedule, the words from “and the Minister” to the end.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><ref eId="c00092" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/1971/6">National Trust Act 1971 (c. vi)</ref></default:td><default:td>In section 23(2), the words from “, and in giving” to the end.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act <ref eId="c00093" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/4">1988 (c. 4)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 3, paragraph 38(1)(b).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Local Government (Wales) Act <ref eId="c00094" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19">1994 (c. 19)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 16, paragraph 7(2).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Environment Act <ref eId="c00095" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25">1995 (c. 25)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 9, paragraph 1(2)(b).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Communications Act <ref eId="c00096" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21">2003 (c. 21)</ref></default:td><default:td>In Schedule 17, paragraph 3.</default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></part><part eId="schedule-6-part-3"><num>Part 3</num><heading>Repeals relating to approvement and inclosure</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" summary="This table displays the Short title and chapter of the repealed Acts and specifies the Extent of repeal."><default:thead><default:tr><default:th>Short title and chapter</default:th><default:th>Extent of repeal</default:th></default:tr></default:thead><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><ref eId="c00097" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/aep/Edw1/13/46">Commons Act 1285 (13 Edw 1 c. 46)</ref></default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Gifts for Churches Act <ref eId="c00098" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1811/115">1811 (c. 115)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 2.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>School Sites Act <ref eId="c00099" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1841/38">1841 (c. 38)</ref></default:td><default:td>In section 2, the words from “Provided also, that where any portion” to “such conveyance;”.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act <ref eId="c00100" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1845/118">1845 (c. 118)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 147.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act <ref eId="c00101" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1847/111">1847 (c. 111)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 4.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Literary and Scientific Institutions Act <ref eId="c00102" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1854/112">1854 (c. 112)</ref></default:td><default:td>In section 1, the words from “Provided also” to the end.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act <ref eId="c00103" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1857/31">1857 (c. 31)</ref></default:td><default:td>Sections 4 and 5.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act <ref eId="c00104" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1876/56">1876 (c. 56)</ref></default:td><default:td>Section 31.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Law of Commons Amendment Act <ref eId="c00105" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1893/57">1893 (c. 57)</ref></default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act <ref eId="c00106" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1899/30">1899 (c. 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<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="schedule" eId="schedule-1"><num>SCHEDULE 1<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 9</authorialNote></num><heading>Authorised severance</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-severance-by-transfer-to-public-bodies"><heading>Severance by transfer to public bodies</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force be severed permanently from the land to which it is attached by being transferred on its own to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council established for the land over which the right is exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Natural England (where the land or any part of it is in England); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19-1439138135756" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> (where the land or any part of it is in Wales).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where a person proposes to sever a right of common to which section 9 applies by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c), Natural England or <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a-1439138181454" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> as the case may be must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>give notice of the proposal to the owner of the land over which the right is exercisable unless his name and address cannot reasonably be ascertained;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in a case where there is no commons council established for the land, give notice of the proposal to such persons (if any) as they consider represent the interests of persons exercising rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A notice under sub-paragraph (2) must be given at least two months before the transfer and must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>specify the name and address of the owner of the land to which the right is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>describe the right proposed to be transferred, giving such details as regulations may specify;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>state the proposed consideration for the transfer; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>give such other information as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable over land for which a commons council is established, the right may only be severed by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) if that council consents to the transfer.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><content>In a case where there is no commons council established for the land over which a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that a person with functions of management conferred by any enactment in relation to that land is to be regarded, for any or all purposes of this paragraph, as a commons council established for the land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-temporary-severance-by-letting-or-leasing"><heading>Temporary severance by letting or leasing</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may, on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force, to any extent be severed temporarily from the land to which it is attached by virtue of the right, or all or part of the land, being leased or licensed on its own in accordance with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision made by order by the appropriate national authority; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules made in relation to the land by a commons council under section 31.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) and rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) may be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land or descriptions of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>descriptions of persons to whom rights of common may be leased or licensed.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies in relation to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) also apply in relation to that land and are inconsistent with that provision,</content></level><wrapUp>the rules prevail over that provision, to the extent of the inconsistency, in relation to that land.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that the leasing or licensing of a right of common (whether authorised by provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or by rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)) must comply with such requirements as to form and content as the order may provide.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-severance-authorised-by-order"><heading>Severance authorised by order</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order make provision authorising rights of common to which section 9 applies to be severed permanently from the land to which they are attached by transfer in accordance with that provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) is to be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land over which the rights of common are exercisable, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>particular descriptions of such land,</content></level><wrapUp>and may authorise transfers to particular persons, particular descriptions of persons or any person.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority must, before making any provision under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to any land, consult such persons (if any) as it considers represent the interests of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>persons who own the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>persons who exercise rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision securing that the owner of any land over which a right of common is exercisable is to be notified, and his consent obtained, before the right may be transferred.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (4) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which notification may be regarded as having been given; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which consent may be regarded as having been obtained.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision for consent to be regarded as having been obtained if it is withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision for the circumstances in which consent is to be regarded as withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>provision for the resolution of disputes.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under provision under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision to secure the result that where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the person to whom the right of common is transferred is the owner of land to which rights of common are attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>those rights are exercisable over the same land, or substantially the same land, as the right of common being transferred,</content></level><wrapUp>the transferee must, when making an application as specified in sub-paragraph (7)(b), apply to the commons registration authority for the right to be registered as attached to the land referred to in paragraph (a).</wrapUp></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-severance-by-transfer-to-public-bodies"><heading>Severance by transfer to public bodies</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force be severed permanently from the land to which it is attached by being transferred on its own to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council established for the land over which the right is exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Natural England (where the land or any part of it is in England); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19-1439138135756" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> (where the land or any part of it is in Wales).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where a person proposes to sever a right of common to which section 9 applies by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c), Natural England or <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a-1439138181454" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> as the case may be must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>give notice of the proposal to the owner of the land over which the right is exercisable unless his name and address cannot reasonably be ascertained;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in a case where there is no commons council established for the land, give notice of the proposal to such persons (if any) as they consider represent the interests of persons exercising rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A notice under sub-paragraph (2) must be given at least two months before the transfer and must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>specify the name and address of the owner of the land to which the right is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>describe the right proposed to be transferred, giving such details as regulations may specify;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>state the proposed consideration for the transfer; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>give such other information as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable over land for which a commons council is established, the right may only be severed by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) if that council consents to the transfer.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><content>In a case where there is no commons council established for the land over which a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that a person with functions of management conferred by any enactment in relation to that land is to be regarded, for any or all purposes of this paragraph, as a commons council established for the land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may, on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force, to any extent be severed temporarily from the land to which it is attached by virtue of the right, or all or part of the land, being leased or licensed on its own in accordance with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision made by order by the appropriate national authority; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules made in relation to the land by a commons council under section 31.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) and rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) may be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land or descriptions of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>descriptions of persons to whom rights of common may be leased or licensed.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies in relation to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) also apply in relation to that land and are inconsistent with that provision,</content></level><wrapUp>the rules prevail over that provision, to the extent of the inconsistency, in relation to that land.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that the leasing or licensing of a right of common (whether authorised by provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or by rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)) must comply with such requirements as to form and content as the order may provide.</content></subparagraph></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-temporary-severance-by-letting-or-leasing"><heading>Temporary severance by letting or leasing</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may, on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force, to any extent be severed temporarily from the land to which it is attached by virtue of the right, or all or part of the land, being leased or licensed on its own in accordance with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision made by order by the appropriate national authority; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules made in relation to the land by a commons council under section 31.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) and rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) may be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land or descriptions of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>descriptions of persons to whom rights of common may be leased or licensed.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies in relation to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) also apply in relation to that land and are inconsistent with that provision,</content></level><wrapUp>the rules prevail over that provision, to the extent of the inconsistency, in relation to that land.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that the leasing or licensing of a right of common (whether authorised by provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or by rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)) must comply with such requirements as to form and content as the order may provide.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>in relation to land which is registered in the register of title, a registered charge within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);</content></level>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order make provision authorising rights of common to which section 9 applies to be severed permanently from the land to which they are attached by transfer in accordance with that provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) is to be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land over which the rights of common are exercisable, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>particular descriptions of such land,</content></level><wrapUp>and may authorise transfers to particular persons, particular descriptions of persons or any person.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority must, before making any provision under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to any land, consult such persons (if any) as it considers represent the interests of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>persons who own the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>persons who exercise rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision securing that the owner of any land over which a right of common is exercisable is to be notified, and his consent obtained, before the right may be transferred.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (4) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which notification may be regarded as having been given; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which consent may be regarded as having been obtained.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision for consent to be regarded as having been obtained if it is withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision for the circumstances in which consent is to be regarded as withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>provision for the resolution of disputes.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under provision under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision to secure the result that where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the person to whom the right of common is transferred is the owner of land to which rights of common are attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>those rights are exercisable over the same land, or substantially the same land, as the right of common being transferred,</content></level><wrapUp>the transferee must, when making an application as specified in sub-paragraph (7)(b), apply to the commons registration authority for the right to be registered as attached to the land referred to in paragraph (a).</wrapUp></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 8 of the 1965 Act does not affect the vesting of land in any local authority (within the meaning of that Act) occurring by virtue of that provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Unless land so vesting is regulated by a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30), sections 10 and 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (c. 25) (power to manage and make byelaws) shall continue to apply to it as if the local authority had acquired the ownership under that Act of 1906.</content></subparagraph></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="schedule" eId="schedule-2"><num>SCHEDULE 2<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 22</authorialNote></num><heading>Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-introductory"><heading>Introductory</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “<term refersTo="#term-the-1965-act" eId="term-the-1965-act">the 1965 Act</term>” means the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-nonregistration-of-common-land"><heading>Non-registration of common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as common land or as a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>is land which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>regulated as common land under a local or personal Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>otherwise recognised or designated as common land by or under an enactment;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-nonregistration-of-town-or-village-green"><heading>Non-registration of town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as a town or village green or as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as a town or village green in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on 31 July 1970 was land allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as a town or village green or as common land under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>continues to be land allotted as specified in paragraph (a);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-waste-land-of-a-manor-not-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Waste land of a manor not registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land which at the time of the application under sub-paragraph (1) is waste land of a manor and where, before the commencement of this paragraph—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an objection was made in relation to the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration was cancelled in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (3), (4) or (5).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that, although the land had been waste land of a manor at some earlier time, it was not such land at the time of the determination because it had ceased to be connected with the manor; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>for that reason only the Commissioner refused to confirm the provisional registration.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that the land was not subject to rights of common and for that reason refused to confirm the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the Commissioner did not consider whether the land was waste land of a manor.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that the person on whose application the provisional registration was made requested or agreed to its cancellation (whether before or after its referral to a Commons Commissioner).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-town-or-village-green-wrongly-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Town or village green wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land and register it in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration, the land was a town or village green within the meaning of that Act as originally enacted.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove and register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-buildings-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Buildings registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-other-land-wrongly-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as common land was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not any of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land subject to rights of common;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>waste land of a manor;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>a town or village green within the meaning of the 1965 Act as originally enacted; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>land of a description specified in section 11 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118).</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-buildings-registered-as-town-or-village-green"><heading>Buildings registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-other-land-wrongly-registered-as-town-or-village-green"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as a town or village green was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>common land within the meaning of that Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>a town or village green.</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d)(ii), land is to be taken not to have been a town or village green immediately before its provisional registration if (and only if)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>throughout the period of 20 years preceding the date of its provisional registration the land was, by reason of its physical nature, unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not, and at the time of the application under this paragraph still is not, allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-costs"><heading>Costs</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the payment of costs which pursuant to an application under this Schedule are incurred by the applicant, an objector or the person determining the application.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>That provision may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>for the payment of costs by the applicant, an objector or a commons registration authority;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>for the person determining an application or the appropriate national authority to determine who is liable to pay costs and how much they are liable to pay.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-introductory"><heading>Introductory</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “<term refersTo="#term-the-1965-act" eId="term-the-1965-act">the 1965 Act</term>” means the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Buildings registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as common land or as a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>is land which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>regulated as common land under a local or personal Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>otherwise recognised or designated as common land by or under an enactment;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land and register it in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration, the land was a town or village green within the meaning of that Act as originally enacted.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove and register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-waste-land-of-a-manor-not-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Waste land of a manor not registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land which at the time of the application under sub-paragraph (1) is waste land of a manor and where, before the commencement of this paragraph—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an objection was made in relation to the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration was cancelled in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (3), (4) or (5).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that, although the land had been waste land of a manor at some earlier time, it was not such land at the time of the determination because it had ceased to be connected with the manor; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>for that reason only the Commissioner refused to confirm the provisional registration.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that the land was not subject to rights of common and for that reason refused to confirm the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the Commissioner did not consider whether the land was waste land of a manor.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that the person on whose application the provisional registration was made requested or agreed to its cancellation (whether before or after its referral to a Commons Commissioner).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-town-or-village-green-wrongly-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Town or village green wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land and register it in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration, the land was a town or village green within the meaning of that Act as originally enacted.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove and register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-buildings-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Buildings registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-other-land-wrongly-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as common land was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not any of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land subject to rights of common;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>waste land of a manor;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>a town or village green within the meaning of the 1965 Act as originally enacted; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>land of a description specified in section 11 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118).</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-buildings-registered-as-town-or-village-green"><heading>Buildings registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-other-land-wrongly-registered-as-town-or-village-green"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as a town or village green was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>common land within the meaning of that Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>a town or village green.</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d)(ii), land is to be taken not to have been a town or village green immediately before its provisional registration if (and only if)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>throughout the period of 20 years preceding the date of its provisional registration the land was, by reason of its physical nature, unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not, and at the time of the application under this paragraph still is not, allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-costs"><heading>Costs</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the payment of costs which pursuant to an application under this Schedule are incurred by the applicant, an objector or the person determining the application.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>That provision may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>for the payment of costs by the applicant, an objector or a commons registration authority;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>for the person determining an application or the appropriate national authority to determine who is liable to pay costs and how much they are liable to pay.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-nature-conservation" eId="term-nature-conservation">nature conservation</term>” means the conservation of flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features;</content></hcontainer>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “<term refersTo="#term-the-1965-act" eId="term-the-1965-act">the 1965 Act</term>” means the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>In section 52(2C) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for “common land” (in the first place where it occurs) substitute <quotedText>“ subject to rights of common (within the meaning of the Commons Act 2006) ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>for the words from “the commoners” to the end of the subsection substitute <quotedText>“ the persons with such rights or any of them and any commons council established under Part 2 of the Commons Act 2006 for that land ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><intro>In Schedule 9 to the Environment Act 1995, in paragraph 1—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (6), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-interpretation"><heading>Interpretation</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “<term refersTo="#term-the-1965-act" eId="term-the-1965-act">the 1965 Act</term>” means the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-transitional-period-for-updating-registers"><heading>Transitional period for updating registers</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities, during a period specified in the regulations (“<term refersTo="#term-the-transitional-period" eId="term-the-transitional-period">the transitional period</term>”), to amend their registers of common land and town or village greens in consequence of qualifying events which were not registered under the 1965 Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The following are qualifying events for the purposes of this Schedule—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>the creation of a right of common (by any means, including prescription), where occurring in relation to land to which this Part applies at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after 2 January 1970; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>any relevant disposition in relation to a right of common registered under the 1965 Act, or any extinguishment of such a right, where occurring at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after the date of the registration of the right under that Act; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a disposition occurring before the commencement of this paragraph by virtue of any relevant instrument in relation to land which at the time of the disposition was registered as common land or a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the giving of land in exchange for any land subject to a disposition referred to in paragraph (c).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(b) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-disposition" eId="term-relevant-disposition">relevant disposition</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the surrender of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the variation of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in the case of a right of common attached to land, the apportionment or severance of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>in the case of a right not attached to land, the transfer of the right.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(c) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-instrument" eId="term-relevant-instrument">relevant instrument</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any order, deed or other instrument made under or pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a conveyance made for the purposes of section 13 of the New Parishes Measure 1943 (<abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 1);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other instrument made under or pursuant to any enactment.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations under this paragraph may include provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers as specified in sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on the application of a person specified in the regulations; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on their own initiative.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Regulations under sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include provision requiring a commons registration authority to take steps to discover information relating to qualifying events, including in particular requiring an authority to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>carry out a review of information already contained in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>publicise the review;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>invite persons to supply information for, or to apply for amendment of, the register.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>At the end of the transitional period, any right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is not registered in a register of common land or town or village greens, but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was capable of being so registered under paragraph 2,</content></level><wrapUp>is by virtue of this paragraph at that time extinguished.</wrapUp></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers of common land or town or village greens after the end of the transitional period, in circumstances specified in the regulations, in consequence of qualifying events.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Regulations under this paragraph may provide that paragraph 3 is to be treated as not having applied to any right of common which is registered pursuant to the regulations.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content>Regulations under paragraph 2 or 4 may in particular include provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as severance of a right of common for the purposes of those regulations.</content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Effect of repeals</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 1(2)(b) of the 1965 Act does not affect the extinguishment of rights of common occurring by virtue of that provision.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 21(1) of the 1965 Act does not affect the application of section 193 of the Law of Property Act <ref eId="c00052" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1925/20">1925 (c. 20)</ref> in relation to any land.</content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-effect-of-repeals"><heading>Effect of repeals</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 1(2)(b) of the 1965 Act does not affect the extinguishment of rights of common occurring by virtue of that provision.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 21(1) of the 1965 Act does not affect the application of section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) in relation to any land.</content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content>“<term refersTo="#term-commons-council" eId="term-commons-council">commons council</term>” means a commons council established under Part 2;</content></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-ownership-of-common-land-or-town-or-village-green"><heading>Ownership of common land or town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Where the ownership of any land is registered in any register under the 1965 Act immediately before the commencement of this Schedule the ownership shall, subject to this Part, continue to be registered in that register.44</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where the ownership of land continues to be registered in a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), if the commons registration authority is notified by the Chief Land Registrar that the land has been registered in the register of title, the authority shall—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>remove the registration of ownership; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>indicate in the register in such manner as may be specified in regulations that the land has been registered in the register of title.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Regulations may require commons registration authorities—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove registration of ownership of land from their registers of common land and town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to keep or otherwise deal with documents received by them in connection with the registration of ownership of land in such manner as the regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="schedule" eId="schedule-4"><num>SCHEDULE 4<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 44</authorialNote></num><heading>Works: supplementary</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-metropolitan-commons"><heading>Metropolitan commons</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><mod>In section 5 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) (prohibition on inclosure), after “inclosure of a metropolitan common” insert <quotedText>“ which is under the control and management of a London borough council ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Schedule to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In article 12 (restriction on powers in relation to commons), in paragraph (1) omit “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that article, after paragraph (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of paragraph (1) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under paragraph (1)).</content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Omit paragraph (3) of that article.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In article 17 (street improvement), in paragraph (1), after “enactment” insert <quotedText>“ or in any scheme made under, or confirmed by, any enactment ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In that article—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in paragraph (2), omit the words from “and the Minister” to the end;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in the case of any common, section 40 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to the application as it applies in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in any other case, the Minister before giving any consent shall have regard to any representations made to him in the manner specified in paragraph (3).</content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (2)” insert <quotedText>“ in a case to which paragraph (2B) applies ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-national-trust-property"><heading>National Trust property</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 29 of the National Trust Act 1907 (c. cxxxvi) (powers exercisable over common or commonable land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Renumber the existing provision as subsection (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that subsection, for “consists of common or commonable land” substitute <quotedText>“ is land to which this section applies ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro>This section applies to—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 or the Commons Act 1899; and</content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 23 of the National Trust Act 1971 (c. vi) (powers over common land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In subsection (2), omit the words from “, and in giving” to the end.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under subsection (2) of this section as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of subsection (2) of this section as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under subsection (2) of this section).</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2C)</num><content>Nothing in section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to land to which section 29 of the Act of 1907 applies.</content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-new-parishes"><heading>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-c426fbe14a03ca39f1ede26eb0f022c1" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>5</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-transitional-provision"><heading>Transitional provision</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>In its application to any works carried out on or after 28 June 2005 but before the day on which section 38(1) above comes into force, section 194(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) shall have effect as if the words “interested in the common” were omitted.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><intro>The prohibition in section 38(1) does not apply to works carried out in connection with the taking or working of minerals if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the works were granted planning permission under any enactment before the commencement of section 38;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the works are carried out in accordance with that planning permission in the period allowed for the works to be carried out (subject to any extension of time granted before or after the commencement of that section).</content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales;</content></level>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><mod>In section 5 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) (prohibition on inclosure), after “inclosure of a metropolitan common” insert <quotedText>“ which is under the control and management of a London borough council ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>In its application to any works carried out on or after 28 June 2005 but before the day on which section 38(1) above comes into force, section 194(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) shall have effect as if the words “interested in the common” were omitted.</content></paragraph>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land; and</content></level>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Schedule to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In article 12 (restriction on powers in relation to commons), in paragraph (1) omit “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that article, after paragraph (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of paragraph (1) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under paragraph (1)).</content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Omit paragraph (3) of that article.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In article 17 (street improvement), in paragraph (1), after “enactment” insert <quotedText>“ or in any scheme made under, or confirmed by, any enactment ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In that article—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in paragraph (2), omit the words from “and the Minister” to the end;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in the case of any common, section 40 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to the application as it applies in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in any other case, the Minister before giving any consent shall have regard to any representations made to him in the manner specified in paragraph (3).</content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (2)” insert <quotedText>“ in a case to which paragraph (2B) applies ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><intro>The prohibition in section 38(1) does not apply to works carried out in connection with the taking or working of minerals if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the works were granted planning permission under any enactment before the commencement of section 38;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the works are carried out in accordance with that planning permission in the period allowed for the works to be carried out (subject to any extension of time granted before or after the commencement of that section).</content></level></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-metropolitan-commons"><heading>Metropolitan commons</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><mod>In section 5 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) (prohibition on inclosure), after “inclosure of a metropolitan common” insert <quotedText>“ which is under the control and management of a London borough council ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Schedule to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In article 12 (restriction on powers in relation to commons), in paragraph (1) omit “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that article, after paragraph (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of paragraph (1) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under paragraph (1)).</content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Omit paragraph (3) of that article.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In article 17 (street improvement), in paragraph (1), after “enactment” insert <quotedText>“ or in any scheme made under, or confirmed by, any enactment ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In that article—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in paragraph (2), omit the words from “and the Minister” to the end;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in the case of any common, section 40 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to the application as it applies in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in any other case, the Minister before giving any consent shall have regard to any representations made to him in the manner specified in paragraph (3).</content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (2)” insert <quotedText>“ in a case to which paragraph (2B) applies ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-national-trust-property"><heading>National Trust property</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 29 of the National Trust Act 1907 (c. cxxxvi) (powers exercisable over common or commonable land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Renumber the existing provision as subsection (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that subsection, for “consists of common or commonable land” substitute <quotedText>“ is land to which this section applies ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro>This section applies to—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 or the Commons Act 1899; and</content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 23 of the National Trust Act 1971 (c. vi) (powers over common land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In subsection (2), omit the words from “, and in giving” to the end.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under subsection (2) of this section as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of subsection (2) of this section as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under subsection (2) of this section).</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2C)</num><content>Nothing in section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to land to which section 29 of the Act of 1907 applies.</content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-transitional-provision"><heading>Transitional provision</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>In its application to any works carried out on or after 28 June 2005 but before the day on which section 38(1) above comes into force, section 194(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) shall have effect as if the words “interested in the common” were omitted.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><intro>The prohibition in section 38(1) does not apply to works carried out in connection with the taking or working of minerals if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the works were granted planning permission under any enactment before the commencement of section 38;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the works are carried out in accordance with that planning permission in the period allowed for the works to be carried out (subject to any extension of time granted before or after the commencement of that section).</content></level></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="schedule" eId="schedule-5"><num>SCHEDULE 5<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 52</authorialNote></num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-countryside-act-1968-c-41"><heading>Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside Act 1968 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 9(6), for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In Schedule 2, in paragraph 7, for the words from “section 22(1)” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ the principal section ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-animals-act-1971-c-22"><heading>Animals Act 1971 (c. 22)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><mod>In section 11 of the Animals Act 1971, for the definitions of “common land” and “town or village green” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level>“<term refersTo="#term-town-or-village-green">town or village green</term>” means land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-c-69"><heading>Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>In section 52(2C) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for “common land” (in the first place where it occurs) substitute <quotedText>“ subject to rights of common (within the meaning of the Commons Act 2006) ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>for the words from “the commoners” to the end of the subsection substitute <quotedText>“ the persons with such rights or any of them and any commons council established under Part 2 of the Commons Act 2006 for that land ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-norfolk-and-suffolk-broads-act-1988-c-4"><heading>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><mod>In Schedule 3 to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988, in paragraph 38(1)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-c-33"><heading>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><intro>In section 61(9) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; and</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common as defined in that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “commoner”, for the words from “as defined” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ as so defined; ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “the local authority”, for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-environment-act-1995-c-25"><heading>Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><intro>In Schedule 9 to the Environment Act 1995, in paragraph 1—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (6), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000-c-37"><heading>Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In section 1, in subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for paragraph (a) substitute <quotedText>“ land which is registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006. ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>omit paragraph (b).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that section, omit subsection (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In section 45(1), in the definition of “rights of common”, for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In section 46(2), for “section” substitute <quotedText>“ subsection ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-land-registration-act-2002-c-9"><heading>Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Land Registration Act 2002 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 27(2)(d), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In section 33(d), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In Schedule 3, in paragraph 3(1), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-countryside-act-1968-c-41"><heading>Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside Act 1968 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 9(6), for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In Schedule 2, in paragraph 7, for the words from “section 22(1)” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ the principal section ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><intro>“<term refersTo="#term-national-authority" eId="term-national-authority">national authority</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>the Secretary of State; and</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content>the National Assembly for Wales;</content></level></hcontainer>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; and</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common as defined in that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “commoner”, for the words from “as defined” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ as so defined; ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level>

<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “the local authority”, for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Land Registration Act 2002 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 27(2)(d), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In section 33(d), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In Schedule 3, in paragraph 3(1), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-animals-act-1971-c-22"><heading>Animals Act 1971 (c. 22)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><mod>In section 11 of the Animals Act 1971, for the definitions of “common land” and “town or village green” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level>“<term refersTo="#term-town-or-village-green">town or village green</term>” means land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-c-69"><heading>Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>In section 52(2C) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for “common land” (in the first place where it occurs) substitute <quotedText>“ subject to rights of common (within the meaning of the Commons Act 2006) ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>for the words from “the commoners” to the end of the subsection substitute <quotedText>“ the persons with such rights or any of them and any commons council established under Part 2 of the Commons Act 2006 for that land ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-norfolk-and-suffolk-broads-act-1988-c-4"><heading>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><mod>In Schedule 3 to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988, in paragraph 38(1)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-c-33"><heading>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><intro>In section 61(9) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; and</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common as defined in that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “commoner”, for the words from “as defined” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ as so defined; ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “the local authority”, for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-environment-act-1995-c-25"><heading>Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><intro>In Schedule 9 to the Environment Act 1995, in paragraph 1—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (6), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000-c-37"><heading>Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In section 1, in subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for paragraph (a) substitute <quotedText>“ land which is registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006. ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>omit paragraph (b).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that section, omit subsection (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In section 45(1), in the definition of “rights of common”, for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In section 46(2), for “section” substitute <quotedText>“ subsection ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedule" eId="schedule-6"><num>SCHEDULE 6<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 53</authorialNote></num><heading>Repeals</heading><part eId="schedule-6-part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Repeals relating to registration</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th>Short title and chapter</default:th><default:th>Extent of repeal</default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)</default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 4, the paragraph relating to Commons Commissioners.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)</default:td><default:td>Section 189(1) and (2).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 8, paragraph 10(6).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (c. xxxvii)</default:td><default:td>Section 8.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Act 1989 (c. 18)</default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 10, paragraph 26.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 1, in Part 1, the entry relating to Commons Commissioners and assessors.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 6, paragraph 26.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)</default:td><default:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 1(3)(b) and (4).</blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 46(1).</blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 98.</blockContainer></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 11, paragraph 7.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002 (c. i)</default:td><default:td>Section 33(1).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)</default:td><default:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In Schedule 7, in paragraph 4, the entry relating to the Commons Registration Act 1965.</blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In Schedule 14, in Part 3, the entries relating to—<blockList class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num>Commons Commissioner and Chief Commons Commissioner; and</item><item><num>(b)</num>Substitute Chief Commons Commissioner.</item></blockList></blockContainer></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></part><part eId="schedule-6-part-2"><num>Part 2</num><heading>Repeals relating to works</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th>Short title and chapter</default:th><default:th>Extent of repeal</default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122)</default:td><default:td>Section 21.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1876 (c. 56)</default:td><default:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In section 30, the words from “Any person aggrieved”

to the end of the section.</blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 36.</blockContainer></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)</default:td><default:td>Section 21.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)</default:td><default:td>Section 194.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act 1934 (c. 40)</default:td><default:td>In the Schedule, the reference to subsection (2) of section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Commons Act 1899.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix)</default:td><default:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In article 12 of the Schedule—<blockList class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num>in paragraph (1), the words “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”; and</item><item><num>(b)</num>paragraph (3).</item></blockList></blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In article 17(2) of the Schedule, the words from “and the Minister” to the end.</blockContainer></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>National Trust Act 1971 (c. vi)</default:td><default:td>In section 23(2), the words from “, and in giving” to the end.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 3, paragraph 38(1)(b).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 16, paragraph 7(2).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 9, paragraph 1(2)(b).</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)</default:td><default:td>In Schedule 17, paragraph 3.</default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></part><part eId="schedule-6-part-3"><num>Part 3</num><heading>Repeals relating to approvement and inclosure</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th>Short title and chapter</default:th><default:th>Extent of repeal</default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1285 (13 Edw 1 c. 46)</default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Gifts for Churches Act 1811 (c. 115)</default:td><default:td>Section 2.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>School Sites Act 1841 (c. 38)</default:td><default:td>In section 2, the words from “Provided also, that where any portion” to “such conveyance;”.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118)</default:td><default:td>Section 147.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act 1847 (c. 111)</default:td><default:td>Section 4.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112)</default:td><default:td>In section 1, the words from “Provided also” to the end.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act 1857 (c. 31)</default:td><default:td>Sections 4 and 5.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1876 (c. 56)</default:td><default:td>Section 31.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Law of Commons Amendment Act 1893 (c. 57)</default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)</default:td><default:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In Schedule 1, the references to—<blockList class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num>the Poor Relief Act 1601;</item><item><num>(b)</num>the Gifts for Churches Act 1811;</item><item><num>(c)</num>the Church Building Act 1818;</item><item><num>(d)</num>the Poor Relief Act 1831;</item><item><num>(e)</num>the Crown Lands Allotments Act 1831;</item><item><num>(f)</num>the Union and Parish Property Act 1835;</item><item><num>(g)</num>the School Sites Act 1841;</item><item><num>(h)</num>the Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854.</item></blockList></blockContainer></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></part><part eId="schedule-6-part-4"><num>Part 4</num><heading>Repeal relating to schemes under the Commons Act 1899</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th>Short title and chapter</default:th><default:th>Extent of repeal</default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)</default:td><default:td>In section 1(3), the words from “, and for” to the end.</default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></part><part eId="schedule-6-part-5"><num>Part 5</num><heading>Repeal relating to vehicular access</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th>Short title and chapter</default:th><default:th>Extent of repeal</default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)</default:td><default:td>Section 68.</default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></part></hcontainer>

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to “such conveyance;”.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118)</default:td><default:td>Section 147.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act 1847 (c. 111)</default:td><default:td>Section 4.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112)</default:td><default:td>In section 1, the words from “Provided also” to the end.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Inclosure Act 1857 (c. 31)</default:td><default:td>Sections 4 and 5.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1876 (c. 56)</default:td><default:td>Section 31.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Law of Commons Amendment Act 1893 (c. 57)</default:td><default:td>The whole Act.</default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td>Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)</default:td><default:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In Schedule 1, the references to—<blockList class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num>the Poor Relief Act 1601;</item><item><num>(b)</num>the Gifts for Churches Act 1811;</item><item><num>(c)</num>the Church Building Act 1818;</item><item><num>(d)</num>the Poor Relief Act 1831;</item><item><num>(e)</num>the Crown Lands Allotments Act 1831;</item><item><num>(f)</num>the Union and Parish Property Act 1835;</item><item><num>(g)</num>the School Sites Act 1841;</item><item><num>(h)</num>the Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854.</item></blockList></blockContainer></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></part>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedules" eId="schedules"><heading>SCHEDULES</heading><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1"><num>SCHEDULE 1<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 9</authorialNote></num><heading>Authorised severance</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-severance-by-transfer-to-public-bodies"><heading>Severance by transfer to public bodies</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force be severed permanently from the land to which it is attached by being transferred on its own to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any commons council established for the land over which the right is exercisable;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>Natural England (where the land or any part of it is in England); or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19-1439138135756" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-fedc951308a579db921b0c38bf110a19" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> (where the land or any part of it is in Wales).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where a person proposes to sever a right of common to which section 9 applies by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c), Natural England or <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a-1439138181454" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-623c877ac1e91979d50413bafc55fc1a" class="commentary"/>the Natural Resources Body for Wales</ins> as the case may be must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>give notice of the proposal to the owner of the land over which the right is exercisable unless his name and address cannot reasonably be ascertained;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>in a case where there is no commons council established for the land, give notice of the proposal to such persons (if any) as they consider represent the interests of persons exercising rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A notice under sub-paragraph (2) must be given at least two months before the transfer and must—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>specify the name and address of the owner of the land to which the right is attached;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>describe the right proposed to be transferred, giving such details as regulations may specify;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>state the proposed consideration for the transfer; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>give such other information as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Where a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable over land for which a commons council is established, the right may only be severed by a transfer under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) if that council consents to the transfer.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><content>In a case where there is no commons council established for the land over which a right of common to which section 9 applies is exercisable, the appropriate national authority may by order provide that a person with functions of management conferred by any enactment in relation to that land is to be regarded, for any or all purposes of this paragraph, as a commons council established for the land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-temporary-severance-by-letting-or-leasing"><heading>Temporary severance by letting or leasing</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro>A right of common to which section 9 applies may, on or after the day on which this Schedule comes into force, to any extent be severed temporarily from the land to which it is attached by virtue of the right, or all or part of the land, being leased or licensed on its own in accordance with—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision made by order by the appropriate national authority; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules made in relation to the land by a commons council under section 31.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) and rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) may be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land or descriptions of land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>descriptions of persons to whom rights of common may be leased or licensed.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies in relation to any land, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) also apply in relation to that land and are inconsistent with that provision,</content></level><wrapUp>the rules prevail over that provision, to the extent of the inconsistency, in relation to that land.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order provide that the leasing or licensing of a right of common (whether authorised by provision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or by rules referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)) must comply with such requirements as to form and content as the order may provide.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-crossheading-severance-authorised-by-order"><heading>Severance authorised by order</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The appropriate national authority may by order make provision authorising rights of common to which section 9 applies to be severed permanently from the land to which they are attached by transfer in accordance with that provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) is to be framed by reference to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>particular land over which the rights of common are exercisable, or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>particular descriptions of such land,</content></level><wrapUp>and may authorise transfers to particular persons, particular descriptions of persons or any person.</wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The appropriate national authority must, before making any provision under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to any land, consult such persons (if any) as it considers represent the interests of—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>persons who own the land;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>persons who exercise rights of common over the land.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision securing that the owner of any land over which a right of common is exercisable is to be notified, and his consent obtained, before the right may be transferred.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (4) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which notification may be regarded as having been given; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision as to the circumstances in which consent may be regarded as having been obtained.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Provision referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>provision for consent to be regarded as having been obtained if it is withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>provision for the circumstances in which consent is to be regarded as withheld unreasonably;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>provision for the resolution of disputes.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7"><num>(7)</num><intro>The severance of a right of common by its transfer under provision under sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>only has effect if the transfer complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>does not operate at law until, on an application under this Schedule, the transferee is registered as the owner of the right in the register of common land or of town or village greens in which the right is registered.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8"><num>(8)</num><intro>Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision to secure the result that where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the person to whom the right of common is transferred is the owner of land to which rights of common are attached, and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content>those rights are exercisable over the same land, or substantially the same land, as the right of common being transferred,</content></level><wrapUp>the transferee must, when making an application as specified in sub-paragraph (7)(b), apply to the commons registration authority for the right to be registered as attached to the land referred to in paragraph (a).</wrapUp></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a" class="commentary"/>SCHEDULE 1A</ins><authorialNote class="referenceNote"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> Section 15C</ins></authorialNote></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6dab383093a0ce3f0db92d4ac9b08bbe-1486555610082" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6dab383093a0ce3f0db92d4ac9b08bbe"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6dab383093a0ce3f0db92d4ac9b08bbe" class="commentary"/>Exclusion of right under section 15: England</ins></ins></heading><intro><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><xhtml:table xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><xhtml:colgroup span="1"><xhtml:col span="1" style="width:47%"/><xhtml:col span="1" style="width:53%"/></xhtml:colgroup><xhtml:tbody><xhtml:tr><xhtml:th><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Trigger events</ins></xhtml:th><xhtml:th><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Terminating events</ins></xhtml:th></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">1. An application for planning permission </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7f1fb8095528083502a02cca7b75d72d-1486558499753" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7f1fb8095528083502a02cca7b75d72d"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7f1fb8095528083502a02cca7b75d72d" class="commentary"/>, or permission in principle,</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> in relation to the land which would be determined under section 70 of the 1990 Act is first publicised in accordance with requirements imposed by a development order by virtue of section 65(1) of that Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6107"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is withdrawn.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6115"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">A decision to decline to determine the application is made under section 70A of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6123"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6-1486558586104" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6" class="commentary"/>or permission in principle</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted and the decision is upheld.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6136"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission is granted, the period within which the development to which the permission relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2585f422d26907f667a6b3819d72d797-1748527630618" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2585f422d26907f667a6b3819d72d797"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2585f422d26907f667a6b3819d72d797" class="commentary"/>2. The Secretary of State gives notice under subsection (5) of section 293B of the 1990 Act agreeing to determine an application for planning permission made in relation to the land under that section; or, in relation to an application for planning permission or permission in principle made in relation to the land under section 293D of the 1990 Act, the Secretary of State gives notice under subsection (4) of that section stating that the Secretary of State considers the development to be of national importance.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6150"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is withdrawn.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6158"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted and the decision is upheld.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6166"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6-1486558622024" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6" class="commentary"/>or permission in principle</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> is granted, the period within which the development to which the permission relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">3. A draft of a </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-c6afe33a6328006c52dd4faf32797763-1776163100031" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-c6afe33a6328006c52dd4faf32797763"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-c6afe33a6328006c52dd4faf32797763" class="commentary"/>local plan, a document which is to be or to form part of a minerals and waste plan or a supplementary plan</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> which identifies the land for potential development is published for consultation in accordance with regulations under </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7c9603258afeb7de6d084cf7922db9ba-1776163122046" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7c9603258afeb7de6d084cf7922db9ba"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7c9603258afeb7de6d084cf7922db9ba" class="commentary"/>section 15LE(2)(g)</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> of the 2004 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6194"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-a121f7a8e7e33330c5c55bdde725f9a9-1776163147185" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a121f7a8e7e33330c5c55bdde725f9a9"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-a121f7a8e7e33330c5c55bdde725f9a9" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> document is withdrawn </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b" class="commentary"/>under— </ins></ins></intro><level class="para2" eId="d25e6210"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">(i)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">in the case of a local plan, section 15E of the 2004 Act;</ins></ins></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e6220"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">(ii)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">in the case of a document which is to be or to form part of a minerals and waste plan, section 15E of that Act (as applied by section 15CB(8) of that Act);</ins></ins></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e6230"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">(iii)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">in the case of a supplementary plan, regulations made under section 15CC(11) of that Act.</ins></ins></content></level></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6240"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0-1776163222317" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0" class="commentary"/>(b)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0-1776163222317" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0"> The plan or document is adopted or approved under Part 2 of that Act (but see paragraph 4 of this Table).</ins></ins> </content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6251"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1" class="commentary"/>(c)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1">The period of two years beginning with the day on which the </ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-1d4d16a4148821a6eddeef4e3b8ae541-1776163257433" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d4d16a4148821a6eddeef4e3b8ae541"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-1d4d16a4148821a6eddeef4e3b8ae541" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1"> document is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-55fa993facc49c4147b10b458c0dc589-1776163289036" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-55fa993facc49c4147b10b458c0dc589"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-55fa993facc49c4147b10b458c0dc589" class="commentary"/>4. A local plan, a document which is or forms part of a minerals and waste plan or a supplementary plan, which identifies the land for potential development, is adopted or approved under Part 2 of the 2004 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6274"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d96b67998883ba9188dca23a546ba61b-1776163316886" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d96b67998883ba9188dca23a546ba61b"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-d96b67998883ba9188dca23a546ba61b" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> document is revoked under </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-e106072bbbd7f5c77acd24d619cee8b0-1776163348647" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e106072bbbd7f5c77acd24d619cee8b0"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-e106072bbbd7f5c77acd24d619cee8b0" class="commentary"/>section 15G of the 2004 Act (including as applied by section 15CB(8) of that Act, in the case of a minerals and waste plan)</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6292"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">A policy contained in the </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-89568a44f5f88c5f9f7f163e9121a9db-1776163380620" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-89568a44f5f88c5f9f7f163e9121a9db"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-89568a44f5f88c5f9f7f163e9121a9db" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> document which relates to the development of the land in question is superseded by another policy by virtue of section 38(5) of that Act.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272422484" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>4A. A local planning authority first publicise their intention to enter land in Part 2 of a register under section 14A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in accordance with requirements imposed by regulations under that section.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272484506" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>The period of 10 weeks, beginning with the date of first publication of their intention, expires without the land being entered on Part 2 of the register.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272506312" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>4B. A local planning authority first publicise the entry of land in Part 2 of a register under section 14A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in accordance with requirements imposed by regulations under that section.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272613743" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>A permission in principle granted under section 59A(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, in relation to the land allocated for development in the register, expires by virtue of section 59A(7).</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">5. A proposal for a neighbourhood development plan which identifies the land for potential development is published by a local planning authority for consultation in accordance with regulations under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act as it applies by virtue of section 38A(3) of the 2004 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6328"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The proposal is withdrawn under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act (as it applies by virtue of section 38A(3) of the 2004 Act).</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6336"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan is made under section 38A of the 2004 Act (but see paragraph 6 of this Table).</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6344"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7-1467321764784" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7" class="commentary"/>(c)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7-1467321764784" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7">The period of two years beginning with the day on which the proposal is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">6. A neighbourhood development plan which identifies the land for potential development is made under section 38A of the 2004 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6359"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan ceases to have effect.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6367"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan is revoked under section 61M of the 1990 Act (as it applies by virtue of section 38C(2) of the 2004 Act).</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6375"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">A policy contained in the plan which relates to the development of the land in question is superseded by another policy by virtue of section 38(5) of the 2004 Act.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">7. A development plan for the purposes of section 27 or 54 of the 1990 Act, or anything treated as contained in such a plan by virtue of Schedule 8 to the 2004 Act, continues to have effect (by virtue of that Schedule) on the commencement of section 16 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 and identifies the land for potential development.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan ceases to have effect by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the 2004 Act.</ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322189380" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7A. A draft of a local development order under section 61A(2) of the 1990 Act which would grant permission for operational development of the land is first published for consultation in accordance with provision included (by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4A to that Act) in a development order made under section 59 of that Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322539326" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) The draft is withdrawn.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322237868" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(b) The order is adopted by resolution of the local planning authority (and, accordingly, comes into effect by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1990 Act) (but see paragraph 7B of this Table).</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322575059" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) The period of two years beginning with the day on which the draft is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="4"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322278828" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7B. A local development order which grants permission for operational development of the land is adopted by resolution of the local planning authority (and, accordingly, comes into effect by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1990 Act).</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322787471" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) Where the order includes (by virtue of section 61C(1) of the 1990 Act) provision which, however expressed, has the effect that the grant of permission ceases to apply on a particular day, that day passes.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322834922" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(b) The order is revoked under section 61A(6) or 61B(8)(a) of that Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322879602" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) A revision of the order prepared under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A to that Act which provides that operational development of the land is no longer permitted is adopted.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322926953" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(d) A direction is given under provision included in the order by virtue of section 61C(2) of that Act specifying that the permission granted by the order does not apply in relation to the land.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322360586" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7C. A draft of a neighbourhood development order which would grant permission for operational development of the land is first published for consultation by a local planning authority in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322968952" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) The draft is withdrawn under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act or treated as so withdrawn by virtue of paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323034889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/> (b)The order is made under section 61E(4) of that Act (but see paragraph 7D of this Table).</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323079451" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) The period of two years beginning with the day on which the draft is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322387874" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7D. A neighbourhood development order which grants permission for operational development of the land is made under section 61E(4) of the 1990 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323203840" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) Where the order includes (by virtue of section 61L(1) of the 1990 Act) provision which, however expressed, has the effect that the grant of permission ceases to apply on a particular day, that day passes.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323233071" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(b) Where the order provides (by virtue of section 61L(5) of that Act) that development permitted by the order must begin before the end of a specified period, that period expires without the development having been begun.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323261191" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) The order is revoked under section 61M(1) or (2) of the 1990 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">8. A proposed application for an order granting development consent under section 114 of the 2008 Act in relation to the land is first publicised in accordance with section 48 of that Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6478"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The period of two years beginning with the day of publication expires.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6486"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is publicised under section 56(7) of the 2008 Act (but see paragraph 9 of this Table).</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">9. An application for such an order in relation to the land is first publicised in accordance with section 56(7) of the 2008 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6499"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is withdrawn.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6507"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where the application is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted and the decision is upheld.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6515"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where an order granting development consent in relation to the land is made, the period within which the development to which the consent relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138" class="commentary"/>10. A notice is published by virtue of section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 that an application has been made under that section, in circumstances where the notice contains a statement that a direction for deemed planning permission in respect of the land under section 90(2A) of the 1990 Act is being applied for.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138">(a) The application for a direction is withdrawn.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138">b) In circumstances where the direction is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138">(c) In circumstances where the direction is given, the period within which the development to which the direction relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr></xhtml:tbody></xhtml:table></foreign></tblock></intro><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1A-crossheading-interpretation"><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Interpretation</ins></heading><hcontainer name="subheading" class="schGroup7" eId="d25e6547"><heading/><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In this Schedule—</ins></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73-1467323990737" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73" class="commentary"/>“operational development” means any development within the meaning of the 1990 Act other than development which consists only of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land;</ins></ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">

“ </ins><term refersTo="#term-the-1990-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">the 1990 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> ” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; </ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-the-2004-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">the 2004 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> ” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004; </ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> “ </ins><term refersTo="#term-the-2008-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">the 2008 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> ” means the Planning Act 2008. </ins></content></hcontainer></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1A-crossheading-notes"><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Notes</ins></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">1</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">For the purposes of this Schedule, all means of challenging a decision in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are to be treated as exhausted and the decision is to be treated as upheld if, at any stage in the proceedings, the time normally allowed for the making of an appeal or further appeal or the taking of any other step to challenge the decision expires without the appeal having been made or (as the case may be) the other step having been taken.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">2</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Paragraph 7 of the first column of the Table does not apply in relation to a part of a development plan for the purposes of section 27 or 54 of the 1990 Act which consists of—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Part 1 of a unitary development plan or alterations to such a Part, or</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">a structure plan or alterations to such a plan.</ins></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467408942628" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>3.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467408942628" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraph (a) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7B does not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of provision made in the local development order under section 61C(1) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409092231" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>4.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409092231" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraphs (b) to (d) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7B do not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of provision made in the local development order under section 61D(1) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409145044" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>5.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409145044" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraph (a) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7D does not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of provision made in the neighbourhood development order under section 61L(1) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409168773" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>6.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409168773" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraph (c) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7D does not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of section 61L(7) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1B"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c" class="commentary"/>SCHEDULE 1B</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">Exclusion of right under section 15: Wales</ins></heading><intro><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><xhtml:table xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><xhtml:colgroup span="1"><xhtml:col span="1" style="width:50%"/><xhtml:col span="1" style="width:50%"/></xhtml:colgroup><xhtml:tbody><xhtml:tr><xhtml:th><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">Trigger events</ins></xhtml:th><xhtml:th><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">Terminating events</ins></xhtml:th></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">1. An application for planning permission for development of the land is granted under the 1990 Act, or a direction that planning permission for development of the land is deemed to be granted is given under section 90 of that Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6689"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">Where the planning permission is subject to a condition that the development to which it relates must be begun within a particular period, that period expires without the development having been begun.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6697"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">On the expiry of the period specified in a completion notice, the planning permission ceases to have effect in relation to the land by virtue of section 95(4) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6705"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">An order made by the local planning authority or the Welsh Ministers under section 97 of the 1990 Act revokes the planning permission or modifies it so that it does not apply in relation to the land.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6713"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">The planning permission is quashed by a court.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">2. A local development order which grants planning permission for operational development of the land is adopted for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1990 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6726"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">The permission granted by the order for operational development of the land ceases to apply by virtue of a condition or limitation specified in the order under section 61C(1) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6734"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">A direction is issued under powers conferred by the order under section 61C(2) of the 1990 Act, with the effect that the grant of permission by the order does not apply to operational development of the land.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6742"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">The order is revised under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A to the 1990 Act so that it does not grant planning permission for operational development of the land.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6750"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">The order is revoked under section 61A(6) or 61B(8) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6758"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(e)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">The order is quashed by a court.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">3. An order granting development consent for development of the land is made under section 114 of the 2008 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6771"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">The order granting development consent ceases to have effect by virtue of section 154(2) of the 2008 Act.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6779"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">An order made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 6 to the 2008 Act changes the order granting development consent so that it does not apply in relation to the land.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6787"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">An order made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the 2008 Act revokes the order granting development consent.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6795"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">The order granting development consent is quashed by a court.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr></xhtml:tbody></xhtml:table></foreign></tblock></intro><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1B-crossheading-interpretation"><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">Interpretation</ins></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1B-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">1</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">In this Schedule—</ins></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-operational-development"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">operational development</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means any development within the meaning of the 1990 Act other than development which consists only of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land;</ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-1990-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">the 1990 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;</ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-2008-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">the 2008 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means the Planning Act 2008.</ins></content></hcontainer></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1B-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">2</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">An event specified in the entry in the second column of the Table corresponding to paragraph 2 is not a terminating event in circumstances where the local development order permits the completion of operational development of the land which began before the occurrence of the event.</ins></content></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-2"><num>SCHEDULE 2<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 22</authorialNote></num><heading>Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-introductory"><heading>Introductory</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “<term refersTo="#term-the-1965-act" eId="term-the-1965-act">the 1965 Act</term>” means the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-nonregistration-of-common-land"><heading>Non-registration of common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as common land or as a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>is land which is—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30);</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>regulated as common land under a local or personal Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-b-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>otherwise recognised or designated as common land by or under an enactment;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-nonregistration-of-town-or-village-green"><heading>Non-registration of town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as a town or village green or as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as a town or village green in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to any land which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on 31 July 1970 was land allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was not at any time finally registered as a town or village green or as common land under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>continues to be land allotted as specified in paragraph (a);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>is land to which this Part applies; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content>satisfies such other conditions as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-waste-land-of-a-manor-not-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Waste land of a manor not registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land not registered as common land or as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, register the land as common land in its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land which at the time of the application under sub-paragraph (1) is waste land of a manor and where, before the commencement of this paragraph—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>an objection was made in relation to the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration was cancelled in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (3), (4) or (5).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that, although the land had been waste land of a manor at some earlier time, it was not such land at the time of the determination because it had ceased to be connected with the manor; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>for that reason only the Commissioner refused to confirm the provisional registration.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the provisional registration was referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the Commissioner determined that the land was not subject to rights of common and for that reason refused to confirm the provisional registration; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the Commissioner did not consider whether the land was waste land of a manor.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content>The circumstances in this sub-paragraph are that the person on whose application the provisional registration was made requested or agreed to its cancellation (whether before or after its referral to a Commons Commissioner).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-town-or-village-green-wrongly-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Town or village green wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land and register it in its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration, the land was a town or village green within the meaning of that Act as originally enacted.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove and register land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-buildings-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Buildings registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-other-land-wrongly-registered-as-common-land"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as common land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as common land is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of common land.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as common land under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as common land was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not any of the following—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>land subject to rights of common;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>waste land of a manor;</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content>a town or village green within the meaning of the 1965 Act as originally enacted; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2-d-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content>land of a description specified in section 11 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118).</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-buildings-registered-as-town-or-village-green"><heading>Buildings registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove that land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-other-land-wrongly-registered-as-town-or-village-green"><heading>Other land wrongly registered as town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of town or village greens.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>This paragraph applies to land where—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the provisional registration of the land as a town or village green was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>the provisional registration became final; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content>common land within the meaning of that Act; or</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>a town or village green.</content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d)(ii), land is to be taken not to have been a town or village green immediately before its provisional registration if (and only if)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>throughout the period of 20 years preceding the date of its provisional registration the land was, by reason of its physical nature, unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>immediately before its provisional registration the land was not, and at the time of the application under this paragraph still is not, allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-crossheading-costs"><heading>Costs</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision as to the payment of costs which pursuant to an application under this Schedule are incurred by the applicant, an objector or the person determining the application.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>That provision may in particular include provision—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>for the payment of costs by the applicant, an objector or a commons registration authority;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>for the person determining an application or the appropriate national authority to determine who is liable to pay costs and how much they are liable to pay.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-3"><num>SCHEDULE 3<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 23</authorialNote></num><heading>Registration: transitional provision</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-interpretation"><heading>Interpretation</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content>In this Schedule “<term refersTo="#term-the-1965-act" eId="term-the-1965-act">the 1965 Act</term>” means the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-transitional-period-for-updating-registers"><heading>Transitional period for updating registers</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities, during a period specified in the regulations (“<term refersTo="#term-the-transitional-period" eId="term-the-transitional-period">the transitional period</term>”), to amend their registers of common land and town or village greens in consequence of qualifying events which were not registered under the 1965 Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>The following are qualifying events for the purposes of this Schedule—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><intro>the creation of a right of common (by any means, including prescription), where occurring in relation to land to which this Part applies at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after 2 January 1970; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro>any relevant disposition in relation to a right of common registered under the 1965 Act, or any extinguishment of such a right, where occurring at any time—</intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content>after the date of the registration of the right under that Act; and</content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content>before the commencement of this paragraph;</content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content>a disposition occurring before the commencement of this paragraph by virtue of any relevant instrument in relation to land which at the time of the disposition was registered as common land or a town or village green under the 1965 Act;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content>the giving of land in exchange for any land subject to a disposition referred to in paragraph (c).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(b) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-disposition" eId="term-relevant-disposition">relevant disposition</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the surrender of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the variation of a right of common;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content>in the case of a right of common attached to land, the apportionment or severance of the right;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content>in the case of a right not attached to land, the transfer of the right.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro>In sub-paragraph (2)(c) “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-instrument" eId="term-relevant-instrument">relevant instrument</term>” means—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content>any order, deed or other instrument made under or pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content>a conveyance made for the purposes of section 13 of the New Parishes Measure 1943 (<abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 1);</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content>any other instrument made under or pursuant to any enactment.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro>Regulations under this paragraph may include provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers as specified in sub-paragraph (1)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content>on the application of a person specified in the regulations; or</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content>on their own initiative.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>Regulations under sub-paragraph (5)(b) may include provision requiring a commons registration authority to take steps to discover information relating to qualifying events, including in particular requiring an authority to—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>carry out a review of information already contained in a register of common land or town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content>publicise the review;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content>invite persons to supply information for, or to apply for amendment of, the register.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>At the end of the transitional period, any right of common which—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>is not registered in a register of common land or town or village greens, but</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>was capable of being so registered under paragraph 2,</content></level><wrapUp>is by virtue of this paragraph at that time extinguished.</wrapUp></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities to amend their registers of common land or town or village greens after the end of the transitional period, in circumstances specified in the regulations, in consequence of qualifying events.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Regulations under this paragraph may provide that paragraph 3 is to be treated as not having applied to any right of common which is registered pursuant to the regulations.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content>Regulations under paragraph 2 or 4 may in particular include provision as to what is or is not to be regarded as severance of a right of common for the purposes of those regulations.</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-effect-of-repeals"><heading>Effect of repeals</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 1(2)(b) of the 1965 Act does not affect the extinguishment of rights of common occurring by virtue of that provision.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 21(1) of the 1965 Act does not affect the application of section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) in relation to any land.</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-ownership-of-common-land-or-town-or-village-green"><heading>Ownership of common land or town or village green</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Where the ownership of any land is registered in any register under the 1965 Act immediately before the commencement of this Schedule the ownership shall, subject to this Part, continue to be registered in that register.44</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>Where the ownership of land continues to be registered in a register of common land or town or village greens pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), if the commons registration authority is notified by the Chief Land Registrar that the land has been registered in the register of title, the authority shall—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content>remove the registration of ownership; and</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>indicate in the register in such manner as may be specified in regulations that the land has been registered in the register of title.</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro>Regulations may require commons registration authorities—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content>to remove registration of ownership of land from their registers of common land and town or village greens;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content>to keep or otherwise deal with documents received by them in connection with the registration of ownership of land in such manner as the regulations may specify.</content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-vesting-of-unclaimed-land"><heading>Vesting of unclaimed land</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The repeal by this Act of section 8 of the 1965 Act does not affect the vesting of land in any local authority (within the meaning of that Act) occurring by virtue of that provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Unless land so vesting is regulated by a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30), sections 10 and 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (c. 25) (power to manage and make byelaws) shall continue to apply to it as if the local authority had acquired the ownership under that Act of 1906.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-4"><num>SCHEDULE 4<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 44</authorialNote></num><heading>Works: supplementary</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-metropolitan-commons"><heading>Metropolitan commons</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><mod>In section 5 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) (prohibition on inclosure), after “inclosure of a metropolitan common” insert <quotedText>“ which is under the control and management of a London borough council ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Schedule to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In article 12 (restriction on powers in relation to commons), in paragraph (1) omit “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that article, after paragraph (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of paragraph (1) as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under paragraph (1)).</content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content>Omit paragraph (3) of that article.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In article 17 (street improvement), in paragraph (1), after “enactment” insert <quotedText>“ or in any scheme made under, or confirmed by, any enactment ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro>In that article—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content>in paragraph (2), omit the words from “and the Minister” to the end;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in the case of any common, section 40 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to the application as it applies in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Where an application is made for consent under paragraph (2) in any other case, the Minister before giving any consent shall have regard to any representations made to him in the manner specified in paragraph (3).</content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (2)” insert <quotedText>“ in a case to which paragraph (2B) applies ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-national-trust-property"><heading>National Trust property</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 29 of the National Trust Act 1907 (c. cxxxvi) (powers exercisable over common or commonable land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content>Renumber the existing provision as subsection (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In that subsection, for “consists of common or commonable land” substitute <quotedText>“ is land to which this section applies ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro>This section applies to—</intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content>any land registered as common land;</content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><intro>land not so registered which is—</intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content>regulated by an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners; or</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content>subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 or the Commons Act 1899; and</content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content>land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is in the New Forest and is subject to rights of common.</content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content>Section 23 of the National Trust Act 1971 (c. vi) (powers over common land) is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content>In subsection (2), omit the words from “, and in giving” to the end.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>After that subsection insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><content>Sections 39 and 40 of the Commons Act 2006 apply in relation to an application for consent under subsection (2) of this section as they apply in relation to an application for consent under section 38(1) of that Act.</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content>Section 41 of that Act applies in relation to the carrying out of works in contravention of subsection (2) of this section as it applies to works carried out in contravention of section 38(1) of that Act (and as if references to consent under that provision were to consent under subsection (2) of this section).</content></subsection><subsection><num>(2C)</num><content>Nothing in section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 applies in relation to land to which section 29 of the Act of 1907 applies.</content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-new-parishes"><heading>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-c426fbe14a03ca39f1ede26eb0f022c1" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>5</num><content>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-crossheading-transitional-provision"><heading>Transitional provision</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content>In its application to any works carried out on or after 28 June 2005 but before the day on which section 38(1) above comes into force, section 194(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) shall have effect as if the words “interested in the common” were omitted.</content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><intro>The prohibition in section 38(1) does not apply to works carried out in connection with the taking or working of minerals if—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content>the works were granted planning permission under any enactment before the commencement of section 38;</content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content>the works are carried out in accordance with that planning permission in the period allowed for the works to be carried out (subject to any extension of time granted before or after the commencement of that section).</content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-5"><num>SCHEDULE 5<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 52</authorialNote></num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-countryside-act-1968-c-41"><heading>Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside Act 1968 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 9(6), for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In Schedule 2, in paragraph 7, for the words from “section 22(1)” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ the principal section ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-animals-act-1971-c-22"><heading>Animals Act 1971 (c. 22)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><mod>In section 11 of the Animals Act 1971, for the definitions of “common land” and “town or village green” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;</content></level>“<term refersTo="#term-town-or-village-green">town or village green</term>” means land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;</quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-c-69"><heading>Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro>In section 52(2C) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for “common land” (in the first place where it occurs) substitute <quotedText>“ subject to rights of common (within the meaning of the Commons Act 2006) ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>for the words from “the commoners” to the end of the subsection substitute <quotedText>“ the persons with such rights or any of them and any commons council established under Part 2 of the Commons Act 2006 for that land ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-norfolk-and-suffolk-broads-act-1988-c-4"><heading>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><mod>In Schedule 3 to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988, in paragraph 38(1)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-c-33"><heading>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><intro>In section 61(9) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for the definition of “common land” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default">“<term refersTo="#term-common-land">common land</term>” means—<level class="para2"><num>(a)</num><content>land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; and</content></level><level class="para2"><num>(b)</num><content>land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common as defined in that Act;</content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “commoner”, for the words from “as defined” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ as so defined; ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><mod>in the definition of “the local authority”, for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-environment-act-1995-c-25"><heading>Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><intro>In Schedule 9 to the Environment Act 1995, in paragraph 1—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “section 9 of the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><mod>in sub-paragraph (6), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000-c-37"><heading>Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro>In section 1, in subsection (3)—</intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><mod>for paragraph (a) substitute <quotedText>“ land which is registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006. ”</quotedText>;</mod></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content>omit paragraph (b).</content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content>In that section, omit subsection (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In section 45(1), in the definition of “rights of common”, for “the Commons Registration Act 1965” substitute <quotedText>“ the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7-5"><num>(5)</num><content><mod>In section 46(2), for “section” substitute <quotedText>“ subsection ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-5-crossheading-land-registration-act-2002-c-9"><heading>Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content>The Land Registration Act 2002 is amended as follows.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><mod>In section 27(2)(d), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content><mod>In section 33(d), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-8-4"><num>(4)</num><content><mod>In Schedule 3, in paragraph 3(1), for “the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)” substitute <quotedText>“ Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 ”</quotedText>.</mod></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-6"><num>SCHEDULE 6<authorialNote class="referenceNote">Section 53</authorialNote></num><heading>Repeals</heading><part eId="schedule-6-part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Repeals relating to registration</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><xhtml:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><xhtml:tbody><xhtml:tr><xhtml:th>Short title and chapter</xhtml:th><xhtml:th>Extent of 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53)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 1, in Part 1, the entry relating to Commons Commissioners and assessors.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 6, paragraph 26.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 1(3)(b) and (4).</blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 46(1).</blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 98.</blockContainer></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 11, paragraph 7.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002 (c. i)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>Section 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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><xhtml:tbody><xhtml:tr><xhtml:th>Short title and chapter</xhtml:th><xhtml:th>Extent of repeal</xhtml:th></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>Section 21.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Commons Act 1876 (c. 56)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In section 30, the words from “Any person aggrieved” to the end of the section.</blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">Section 36.</blockContainer></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>Section 21.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>Section 194.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act 1934 (c. 40)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In the Schedule, the reference to subsection (2) of section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Commons Act 1899.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In article 12 of the Schedule—<blockList class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num>in paragraph (1), the words “(which consent the Minister may give in such cases as he thinks fit)”; and</item><item><num>(b)</num>paragraph (3).</item></blockList></blockContainer><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In article 17(2) of the Schedule, the words from “and the Minister” to the end.</blockContainer></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>National Trust Act 1971 (c. vi)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In section 23(2), the words from “, and in giving” to the end.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 3, paragraph 38(1)(b).</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 16, paragraph 7(2).</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 9, paragraph 1(2)(b).</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>In Schedule 17, paragraph 3.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr></xhtml:tbody></xhtml:table></foreign></tblock></content></part><part eId="schedule-6-part-3"><num>Part 3</num><heading>Repeals relating to approvement and inclosure</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><xhtml:table 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31)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>Sections 4 and 5.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Commons Act 1876 (c. 56)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>Section 31.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Law of Commons Amendment Act 1893 (c. 57)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td>The whole Act.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td>Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)</xhtml:td><xhtml:td><blockContainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" ukl:Name="BlockText">In Schedule 1, the references to—<blockList class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num>the Poor Relief Act 1601;</item><item><num>(b)</num>the Gifts for Churches Act 1811;</item><item><num>(c)</num>the Church Building Act 1818;</item><item><num>(d)</num>the Poor Relief Act 1831;</item><item><num>(e)</num>the Crown Lands Allotments Act 1831;</item><item><num>(f)</num>the Union and Parish Property Act 1835;</item><item><num>(g)</num>the School Sites Act 1841;</item><item><num>(h)</num>the 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<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedule" eId="schedule-1A"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a" class="commentary"/>SCHEDULE 1A</ins><authorialNote class="referenceNote"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> Section 15C</ins></authorialNote></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6dab383093a0ce3f0db92d4ac9b08bbe-1486555610082" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6dab383093a0ce3f0db92d4ac9b08bbe"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6dab383093a0ce3f0db92d4ac9b08bbe" class="commentary"/>Exclusion of right under section 15: England</ins></ins></heading><intro><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><xhtml:table xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><xhtml:colgroup span="1"><xhtml:col span="1" style="width:47%"/><xhtml:col span="1" style="width:53%"/></xhtml:colgroup><xhtml:tbody><xhtml:tr><xhtml:th><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Trigger events</ins></xhtml:th><xhtml:th><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Terminating events</ins></xhtml:th></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">1. An application for planning permission </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7f1fb8095528083502a02cca7b75d72d-1486558499753" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7f1fb8095528083502a02cca7b75d72d"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7f1fb8095528083502a02cca7b75d72d" class="commentary"/>, or permission in principle,</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> in relation to the land which would be determined under section 70 of the 1990 Act is first publicised in accordance with requirements imposed by a development order by virtue of section 65(1) of that Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6107"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is withdrawn.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6115"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">A decision to decline to determine the application is made under section 70A of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6123"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6-1486558586104" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6" class="commentary"/>or permission in principle</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted and the decision is upheld.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6136"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(d)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission is granted, the period within which the development to which the permission relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2585f422d26907f667a6b3819d72d797-1748527630618" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2585f422d26907f667a6b3819d72d797"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2585f422d26907f667a6b3819d72d797" class="commentary"/>2. The Secretary of State gives notice under subsection (5) of section 293B of the 1990 Act agreeing to determine an application for planning permission made in relation to the land under that section; or, in relation to an application for planning permission or permission in principle made in relation to the land under section 293D of the 1990 Act, the Secretary of State gives notice under subsection (4) of that section stating that the Secretary of State considers the development to be of national importance.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6150"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is withdrawn.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6158"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted and the decision is upheld.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6166"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where planning permission </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6-1486558622024" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-e08475c988830d3bfbcb66524ede01e6" class="commentary"/>or permission in principle</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> is granted, the period within which the development to which the permission relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">3. A draft of a </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-c6afe33a6328006c52dd4faf32797763-1776163100031" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-c6afe33a6328006c52dd4faf32797763"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-c6afe33a6328006c52dd4faf32797763" class="commentary"/>local plan, a document which is to be or to form part of a minerals and waste plan or a supplementary plan</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> which identifies the land for potential development is published for consultation in accordance with regulations under </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" 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ukl:ChangeId="key-a121f7a8e7e33330c5c55bdde725f9a9-1776163147185" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a121f7a8e7e33330c5c55bdde725f9a9"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-a121f7a8e7e33330c5c55bdde725f9a9" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> document is withdrawn </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b" class="commentary"/>under— </ins></ins></intro><level class="para2" eId="d25e6210"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">(i)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">in the case of a local plan, section 15E of the 2004 Act;</ins></ins></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e6220"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">(ii)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">in the case of a document which is to be or to form part of a minerals and waste plan, section 15E of that Act (as applied by section 15CB(8) of that Act);</ins></ins></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e6230"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">(iii)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b-1776163185294" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-debcb940a8165d60dc36c650e1afd23b">in the case of a supplementary plan, regulations made under section 15CC(11) of that Act.</ins></ins></content></level></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6240"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0-1776163222317" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0" class="commentary"/>(b)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0-1776163222317" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-77da35bb1493e99f4a20dcbcd7a352b0"> The plan or document is adopted or approved under Part 2 of that Act (but see paragraph 4 of this Table).</ins></ins> </content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6251"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1" class="commentary"/>(c)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1">The period of two years beginning with the day on which the </ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-1d4d16a4148821a6eddeef4e3b8ae541-1776163257433" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d4d16a4148821a6eddeef4e3b8ae541"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-1d4d16a4148821a6eddeef4e3b8ae541" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1-1467321506400" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bcfe5eded0f4373e28e478c59bb02ef1"> document is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-55fa993facc49c4147b10b458c0dc589-1776163289036" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-55fa993facc49c4147b10b458c0dc589"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-55fa993facc49c4147b10b458c0dc589" class="commentary"/>4. A local plan, a document which is or forms part of a minerals and waste plan or a supplementary plan, which identifies the land for potential development, is adopted or approved under Part 2 of the 2004 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6274"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d96b67998883ba9188dca23a546ba61b-1776163316886" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d96b67998883ba9188dca23a546ba61b"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-d96b67998883ba9188dca23a546ba61b" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> document is revoked under </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-e106072bbbd7f5c77acd24d619cee8b0-1776163348647" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e106072bbbd7f5c77acd24d619cee8b0"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-e106072bbbd7f5c77acd24d619cee8b0" class="commentary"/>section 15G of the 2004 Act (including as applied by section 15CB(8) of that Act, in the case of a minerals and waste plan)</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6292"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">A policy contained in the </ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-89568a44f5f88c5f9f7f163e9121a9db-1776163380620" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-89568a44f5f88c5f9f7f163e9121a9db"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-89568a44f5f88c5f9f7f163e9121a9db" class="commentary"/>plan or</ins></ins><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"> document which relates to the development of the land in question is superseded by another policy by virtue of section 38(5) of that Act.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272422484" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>4A. A local planning authority first publicise their intention to enter land in Part 2 of a register under section 14A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in accordance with requirements imposed by regulations under that section.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272484506" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>The period of 10 weeks, beginning with the date of first publication of their intention, expires without the land being entered on Part 2 of the register.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272506312" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>4B. A local planning authority first publicise the entry of land in Part 2 of a register under section 14A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in accordance with requirements imposed by regulations under that section.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962-1497272613743" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-70843eaf18c6738f9a2b4137c31ec962" class="commentary"/>A permission in principle granted under section 59A(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, in relation to the land allocated for development in the register, expires by virtue of section 59A(7).</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">5. A proposal for a neighbourhood development plan which identifies the land for potential development is published by a local planning authority for consultation in accordance with regulations under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act as it applies by virtue of section 38A(3) of the 2004 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6328"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The proposal is withdrawn under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act (as it applies by virtue of section 38A(3) of the 2004 Act).</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6336"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan is made under section 38A of the 2004 Act (but see paragraph 6 of this Table).</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6344"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7-1467321764784" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7" class="commentary"/>(c)</ins></ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7-1467321764784" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-4ebe36012f951b1819014cf42b9fbbd7">The period of two years beginning with the day on which the proposal is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">6. A neighbourhood development plan which identifies the land for potential development is made under section 38A of the 2004 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6359"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan ceases to have effect.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6367"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan is revoked under section 61M of the 1990 Act (as it applies by virtue of section 38C(2) of the 2004 Act).</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6375"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">A policy contained in the plan which relates to the development of the land in question is superseded by another policy by virtue of section 38(5) of the 2004 Act.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">7. A development plan for the purposes of section 27 or 54 of the 1990 Act, or anything treated as contained in such a plan by virtue of Schedule 8 to the 2004 Act, continues to have effect (by virtue of that Schedule) on the commencement of section 16 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 and identifies the land for potential development.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The plan ceases to have effect by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the 2004 Act.</ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322189380" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7A. A draft of a local development order under section 61A(2) of the 1990 Act which would grant permission for operational development of the land is first published for consultation in accordance with provision included (by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4A to that Act) in a development order made under section 59 of that Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322539326" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) The draft is withdrawn.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322237868" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(b) The order is adopted by resolution of the local planning authority (and, accordingly, comes into effect by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1990 Act) (but see paragraph 7B of this Table).</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322575059" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) The period of two years beginning with the day on which the draft is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="4"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322278828" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7B. A local development order which grants permission for operational development of the land is adopted by resolution of the local planning authority (and, accordingly, comes into effect by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1990 Act).</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322787471" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) Where the order includes (by virtue of section 61C(1) of the 1990 Act) provision which, however expressed, has the effect that the grant of permission ceases to apply on a particular day, that day passes.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322834922" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(b) The order is revoked under section 61A(6) or 61B(8)(a) of that Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322879602" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) A revision of the order prepared under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A to that Act which provides that operational development of the land is no longer permitted is adopted.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322926953" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(d) A direction is given under provision included in the order by virtue of section 61C(2) of that Act specifying that the permission granted by the order does not apply in relation to the land.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322360586" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7C. A draft of a neighbourhood development order which would grant permission for operational development of the land is first published for consultation by a local planning authority in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322968952" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) The draft is withdrawn under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act or treated as so withdrawn by virtue of paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323034889" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/> (b)The order is made under section 61E(4) of that Act (but see paragraph 7D of this Table).</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323079451" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) The period of two years beginning with the day on which the draft is published for consultation expires.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467322387874" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>7D. A neighbourhood development order which grants permission for operational development of the land is made under section 61E(4) of the 1990 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323203840" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(a) Where the order includes (by virtue of section 61L(1) of the 1990 Act) provision which, however expressed, has the effect that the grant of permission ceases to apply on a particular day, that day passes.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323233071" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(b) Where the order provides (by virtue of section 61L(5) of that Act) that development permitted by the order must begin before the end of a specified period, that period expires without the development having been begun.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea-1467323261191" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-34bf8acd755195db1333510815f3a5ea" class="commentary"/>(c) The order is revoked under section 61M(1) or (2) of the 1990 Act.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">8. A proposed application for an order granting development consent under section 114 of the 2008 Act in relation to the land is first publicised in accordance with section 48 of that Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6478"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The period of two years beginning with the day of publication expires.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6486"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is publicised under section 56(7) of the 2008 Act (but see paragraph 9 of this Table).</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">9. An application for such an order in relation to the land is first publicised in accordance with section 56(7) of the 2008 Act.</ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6499"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">The application is withdrawn.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6507"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where the application is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted and the decision is upheld.</ins></content></level><level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="d25e6515"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(c)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In circumstances where an order granting development consent in relation to the land is made, the period within which the development to which the consent relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></content></level></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td rowspan="3"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138" class="commentary"/>10. A notice is published by virtue of section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 that an application has been made under that section, in circumstances where the notice contains a statement that a direction for deemed planning permission in respect of the land under section 90(2A) of the 1990 Act is being applied for.</ins></ins></xhtml:td><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138">(a) The application for a direction is withdrawn.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138">b) In circumstances where the direction is refused, all means of challenging the refusal in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are exhausted.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr><xhtml:tr><xhtml:td><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138-1467323612958" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6aaf8801600e8af5d383aba9908cf138">(c) In circumstances where the direction is given, the period within which the development to which the direction relates must be begun expires without the development having been begun.</ins></ins></xhtml:td></xhtml:tr></xhtml:tbody></xhtml:table></foreign></tblock></intro><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1A-crossheading-interpretation"><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Interpretation</ins></heading><hcontainer name="subheading" class="schGroup7" eId="d25e6547"><heading/><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In this Schedule—</ins></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73-1467323990737" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73" class="commentary"/>“operational development” means any development within the meaning of the 1990 Act other than development which consists only of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land;</ins></ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1A-crossheading-interpretation"><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Interpretation</ins></heading><hcontainer name="subheading" class="schGroup7" eId="d25e6547"><heading/><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In this Schedule—</ins></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73-1467323990737" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73" class="commentary"/>“operational development” means any development within the meaning of the 1990 Act other than development which consists only of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land;</ins></ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="subheading" class="schGroup7" eId="d25e6547"><heading/><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">In this Schedule—</ins></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a"><ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73-1467323990737" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dc5537828b6305ee9b0fb88070540a73" class="commentary"/>“operational development” means any development within the meaning of the 1990 Act other than development which consists only of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land;</ins></ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1A-crossheading-notes"><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Notes</ins></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">1</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">For the purposes of this Schedule, all means of challenging a decision in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom are to be treated as exhausted and the decision is to be treated as upheld if, at any stage in the proceedings, the time normally allowed for the making of an appeal or further appeal or the taking of any other step to challenge the decision expires without the appeal having been made or (as the case may be) the other step having been taken.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">2</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Paragraph 7 of the first column of the Table does not apply in relation to a part of a development plan for the purposes of section 27 or 54 of the 1990 Act which consists of—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Part 1 of a unitary development plan or alterations to such a Part, or</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">a structure plan or alterations to such a plan.</ins></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467408942628" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>3.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467408942628" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraph (a) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7B does not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of provision made in the local development order under section 61C(1) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409092231" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>4.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409092231" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraphs (b) to (d) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7B do not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of provision made in the local development order under section 61D(1) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409145044" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>5.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409145044" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraph (a) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7D does not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of provision made in the neighbourhood development order under section 61L(1) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409168773" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619" class="commentary"/>6.</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619-1467409168773" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a4e91eb7fe0bd28bf226ee10e064619">Paragraph (c) of the entry in the second column corresponding to paragraph 7D does not apply in circumstances where development of the land may be completed by virtue of section 61L(7) of the 1990 Act.</ins></content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">2</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Paragraph 7 of the first column of the Table does not apply in relation to a part of a development plan for the purposes of section 27 or 54 of the 1990 Act which consists of—</ins></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(a)</ins></num><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">Part 1 of a unitary development plan or alterations to such a Part, or</ins></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1A-paragraph-2-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">(b)</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a-1439196795330" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7983f672d85d1d32e9ef5a26d5f5f1a">a structure plan or alterations to such a plan.</ins></content></level></paragraph>

<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1B-crossheading-interpretation"><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">Interpretation</ins></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1B-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">1</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">In this Schedule—</ins></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-operational-development"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">operational development</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means any development within the meaning of the 1990 Act other than development which consists only of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land;</ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-1990-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">the 1990 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;</ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-2008-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">the 2008 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means the Planning Act 2008.</ins></content></hcontainer></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-1B-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">2</ins></num><content><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">An event specified in the entry in the second column of the Table corresponding to paragraph 2 is not a terminating event in circumstances where the local development order permits the completion of operational development of the land which began before the occurrence of the event.</ins></content></paragraph></hcontainer>

<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-1B-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">1</ins></num><intro><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">In this Schedule—</ins></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-operational-development"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">operational development</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means any development within the meaning of the 1990 Act other than development which consists only of the making of a material change in the use of any buildings or other land;</ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-1990-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">the 1990 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;</ins></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">“</ins><term refersTo="#term-the-2008-act"><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">the 2008 Act</ins></term><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c-1486555668881" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f0d4e827f3cdeff44ae8aed8051d4a3c">” means the Planning Act 2008.</ins></content></hcontainer></paragraph>