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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006-commencement-no-6-england-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2460",
  "legislation_title": "The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) (England) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006-commencement-no-6-england-order-2011",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to any relevant land before the commencement of section 1 of the Commons Act 2006 in respect of the land in question.\n(2) In the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3), as they apply in relation to such land, the references to a register kept under Part 1 are to be read as referring to the appropriate register maintained under section 3(1) of the Commons Registration Act 1965.\n(3) The provisions referred to in paragraph (2) are —\n(a) the definitions of “common land” in —\n(i) section 9(6) of the Countryside Act 1968;\n(ii) section 11 of the Animals Act 1971; and\n(iii) section 61(9) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; and\n(b) the definition of “town or village green” in section 11 of the Animals Act 1971.\n(4) In this article —\n(a) “Part 1” means Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; and\n(b) “relevant land” means land in England to which Part 1 applies.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c. 64."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 41; the definition of “common land” is substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Commons Act 2006, which is brought into force by article 2(a)(i) of this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 22; the definition of “common land”, and that of “town or village green” referred to in paragraph (3)(b) of this article, are substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Commons Act 2006, which is brought into force by article 2(a)(i) of this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1994 c. 33; the definition of “common land” is substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Commons Act 2006, which is brought into force by article 2(a)(i) of this Order. The definition of “land” was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 5 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 5 of the Commons Act 2006 defines the land to which Part 1 of the Act applies."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2460/article/3",
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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."
}