{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/brendon-commons-council-establishment-order-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2959",
  "legislation_title": "The Brendon Commons Council Establishment Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/brendon-commons-council-establishment-order-2013",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order establishes, with effect from 1st April 2014, a commons council (“the Council”) for the areas of registered common land within the County of Devon known as Brendon Common (article 3).\nThe standard constitution for commons councils, as prescribed in the Commons Councils (Standard Constitution) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1204), applies to the Council by virtue of section 29(2) of the Commons Act 2006 (c. 26).\nThis Order—\nmakes provision as to the Council’s membership, and the election or appointment of its members (article 4 and Schedule 1);\nconfers functions on the Council, including that of making rules relating to agricultural activities, the management of vegetation, and the exercise of, and the leasing and licensing of, rights of common (articles 5 and 6);\nrequires that any rule made or varied by the Council (other than a variation consisting solely of the revocation of any previously made rule) must be confirmed by the Secretary of State before it comes into force, and describes the procedure for publicising any rules it makes, and for obtaining the Secretary of State’s confirmation of them (article 7);\ndescribes the information to be included in the register of grazing required to be prepared and maintained by the Council (article 8);\ndescribes the manner in which decisions are to be taken by the Council (article 9 and Schedule 2).\nAn Impact Assessment has not been produced in respect of this Order because no burden on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2959/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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