Section 31 Three months notice of claim to inclose to be given in the local papers.C1F1
Any person intending to inclose or approve a common or part of a common otherwise than under the provisions of this Act shall give notice to all persons claiming any legal right in such common or part of a common, by publishing, at least three months beforehand, a statement of his intention to make such inclosure, for three successive times, and in two or more of the principal local newspapers in the county, town, or district in which the common or part of a common proposed to be inclosed is situate; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to any commons or waste lands whereon the rights of common are vested solely in the lord of the manor.
A production of a newspaper containing such advertisement as aforesaid shall be evidence of the same having been issued, and the inclosure shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have taken place at the time specified in such advertisement.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 31 repealed (E.W.) (1.10.2006 for E., 6.9.2007 for W.) by Commons Act 2006 (c. 26), ss. 49(1), 56, Sch. 6 Pts. 3 (with s. 60); S.I. 2006/2504, art. 2(c); S.I. 2007/2386, art. 3(i)(r)
Modifications
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S. 31 extended by Metropolitan Commons Act 1878 (c. 71), s. 3