{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/26",
  "legislation_title": "Commons Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Surrender and extinguishment",
  "text": "(1) The surrender to any extent of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—\n(a) only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and\n(b) does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the right is removed from the register.\n(2) The reference in subsection (1) to a surrender of a right of common does not include a disposition having the effect referred to in section 7(1)(a).\n(3) A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot be extinguished by operation of common law.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 partly in force; s. 13 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 56(1); s. 13(1)(a) in force for certain purposes for W. at 12.8.2007 by S.I. 2007/2386, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 1.10.2008 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2008/1960, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 15.12.2014 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2014/3026, art. 3(1)(c) (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:20.796556+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}