Commons Act 2006
2006 c. 26 · Enacted 19 July 2006 · Extends to England and Wales
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:—C1
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Act excluded (9.1.2014) by The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3244), arts. 1, 61(3) (with arts. 57, 58, Sch. 11 para. 19)
Contents
- Part 1: Registration
- Introductory
- 1Registers of common land and greens
- 2Purpose of registers
- 3Content of registers
- 4Commons registration authorities
- 5Land to which Part 1 applies
- Registration of rights of common
- 6Creation
- 7Variation
- 8Apportionment
- 9Severance
- 10Attachment
- 11Re-allocation of attached rights
- 12Transfer of rights in gross
- 13Surrender and extinguishment
- Registration, deregistration and exchange of land
- 14Statutory dispositions
- 15Registration of greens
- 15ARegistration of greens: statement by owner
- 15BRegister of section 15A statements
- 15CRegistration of greens: exclusions
- 16Deregistration and exchange: applications
- 17Deregistration and exchange: orders
- Conclusiveness and correction of the registers
- 18Conclusiveness
- 19Correction
- Information etc
- 20Inspection
- 21Official copies
- Transitory and transitional provision
- 22Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act
- 23Transitional
- Supplementary
- 24Applications etc
- 25Electronic registers
- Part 2: Management
- Commons councils
- 26Establishment
- 27Procedure for establishment
- Status and constitution of commons councils
- 28Status
- 29Constitution
- 30Constitution: supplementary
- Functions of commons councils
- 31Functions
- 32Ancillary powers
- 33Consent
- 34Enforcement of rules
- 35Rules: supplementary
- Commons councils: supplementary
- 36Consequential provision
- 37Variation and revocation of establishment orders
- Part 3: Works
- 38Prohibition on works without consent
- 39Consent: general
- 40Consent: procedure
- 41Enforcement
- 42Schemes
- 43Power to exempt
- 44Supplementary
- Part 4: Miscellaneous
- Intervention powers
- 45Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land
- 46Powers relating to unauthorised agricultural activities
- Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure etc
- 47Approvement
- 48Inclosure
- 49Notice of inclosure
- Commons Act 1899
- 50Schemes under the Commons Act 1899
- Vehicular access
- 51Vehicular access
- Part 5: Supplementary and general
- Amendments and repeals
- 52Minor and consequential amendments
- 53Repeals
- 54Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens
- 55Power to amend enactments conferring functions on national authorities
- Commencement and transitional provision
- 56Commencement
- 57Severance: transitional
- 58Natural England
- General
- 59Orders and regulations
- 60Crown application
- 61Interpretation
- 62Short title
- 63Extent
- Schedule 1: Authorised severance
- Severance by transfer to public bodies
- 1Paragraph 1
- Temporary severance by letting or leasing
- 2Paragraph 2
- Severance authorised by order
- 3Paragraph 3
- Schedule 1AExclusion of right under section 15: England
- Interpretation
- Notes
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- Schedule 1BExclusion of right under section 15: Wales
- Interpretation
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Schedule 2: Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act
- Introductory
- 1Paragraph 1
- Non-registration of common land
- 2Paragraph 2
- Non-registration of town or village green
- 3Paragraph 3
- Waste land of a manor not registered as common land
- 4Paragraph 4
- Town or village green wrongly registered as common land
- 5Paragraph 5
- Buildings registered as common land
- 6Paragraph 6
- Other land wrongly registered as common land
- 7Paragraph 7
- Buildings registered as town or village green
- 8Paragraph 8
- Other land wrongly registered as town or village green
- 9Paragraph 9
- Costs
- 10Paragraph 10
- Schedule 3: Registration: transitional provision
- Interpretation
- 1Paragraph 1
- Transitional period for updating registers
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- Effect of repeals
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- Ownership of common land or town or village green
- 8Paragraph 8
- Vesting of unclaimed land
- 9Paragraph 9
- Schedule 4: Works: supplementary
- Metropolitan commons
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- National Trust property
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
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- 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
- Transitional provision
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 5: Minor and consequential amendments
- Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
- 1Paragraph 1
- Animals Act 1971 (c. 22)
- 2Paragraph 2
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
- 3Paragraph 3
- Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)
- 4Paragraph 4
- Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)
- 5Paragraph 5
- Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
- 6Paragraph 6
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)
- 7Paragraph 7
- Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)
- 8Paragraph 8
- Schedule 6: Repeals
- 1Repeals relating to registration
- 2Repeals relating to works
- 3Repeals relating to approvement and inclosure
- 4Repeal relating to schemes under the Commons Act 1899 Not yet in force
- 5Repeal relating to vehicular access