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Commons Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 26

CONTENTS

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  1. Part 1

    Registration

    1. Introductory

      1. 1. Registers of common land and greens

      2. 2. Purpose of registers

      3. 3. Content of registers

      4. 4. Commons registration authorities

      5. 5. Land to which Part 1 applies

    2. Registration of rights of common

      1. 6. Creation

      2. 7. Variation

      3. 8. Apportionment

      4. 9. Severance

      5. 10. Attachment

      6. 11. Re-allocation of attached rights

      7. 12. Transfer of rights in gross

      8. 13. Surrender and extinguishment

    3. Registration, deregistration and exchange of land

      1. 14. Statutory dispositions

      2. 15. Registration of greens

      3. 16. Deregistration and exchange: applications

      4. 17. Deregistration and exchange: orders

    4. Conclusiveness and correction of the registers

      1. 18. Conclusiveness

      2. 19. Correction

    5. Information etc

      1. 20. Inspection

      2. 21. Official copies

    6. Transitory and transitional provision

      1. 22. Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act

      2. 23. Transitional

    7. Supplementary

      1. 24. Applications etc

      2. 25. Electronic registers

  2. Part 2

    Management

    1. Commons councils

      1. 26. Establishment

      2. 27. Procedure for establishment

    2. Status and constitution of commons councils

      1. 28. Status

      2. 29. Constitution

      3. 30. Constitution: supplementary

    3. Functions of commons councils

      1. 31. Functions

      2. 32. Ancillary powers

      3. 33. Consent

      4. 34. Enforcement of rules

      5. 35. Rules: supplementary

    4. Commons councils: supplementary

      1. 36. Consequential provision

      2. 37. Variation and revocation of establishment orders

  3. Part 3

    Works

    1. 38. Prohibition on works without consent

    2. 39. Consent: general

    3. 40. Consent: procedure

    4. 41. Enforcement

    5. 42. Schemes

    6. 43. Power to exempt

    7. 44. Supplementary

  4. Part 4

    Miscellaneous

    1. Intervention powers

      1. 45. Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land

      2. 46. Powers relating to unauthorised agricultural activities

    2. Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure etc

      1. 47. Approvement

      2. 48. Inclosure

      3. 49. Notice of inclosure

    3. Commons Act 1899

      1. 50. Schemes under the Commons Act 1899

    4. Vehicular access

      1. 51. Vehicular access

  5. Part 5

    Supplementary and general

    1. Amendments and repeals

      1. 52. Minor and consequential amendments

      2. 53. Repeals

      3. 54. Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens

      4. 55. Power to amend enactments conferring functions on national authorities

    2. Commencement and transitional provision

      1. 56. Commencement

      2. 57. Severance: transitional

      3. 58. Natural England

    3. General

      1. 59. Orders and regulations

      2. 60. Crown application

      3. 61. Interpretation

      4. 62. Short title

      5. 63. Extent

    1. Schedule 1

      Authorised severance

    2. Schedule 2

      Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act

    3. Schedule 3

      Registration: transitional provision

    4. Schedule 4

      Works: supplementary

    5. Schedule 5

      Minor and consequential amendments

    6. Schedule 6

      Repeals

      1. Part 1

        Repeals relating to registration

      2. Part 2

        Repeals relating to works

      3. Part 3

        Repeals relating to approvement and inclosure

      4. Part 4

        Repeal relating to schemes under the Commons Act 1899

      5. Part 5

        Repeal relating to vehicular access

An Act to make provision about common land and town or village greens; and for connected purposes.

[19th July 2006]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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