{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/26",
  "legislation_title": "Commons Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Inspection",
  "text": "(1) Any person may inspect and make copies of, or of any part of—\n(a) a register of common land or town or village greens;\n(b) any document kept by a commons registration authority which is referred to in such a register;\n(c) any other document kept by a commons registration authority which relates to an application made at any time in relation to such a register.\n(2) The right in subsection (1) is subject to regulations which may, in particular—\n(a) provide for exceptions to the right;\n(b) impose conditions on its exercise.\n(3) Conditions under subsection (2)(b) may include conditions requiring the payment of a fee (which may be a fee determined by a commons registration authority).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 partly in force; s. 20 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 56(1); s. 20(2)(3) in force for certain purposes for W. at 12.8.2007 by S.I. 2007/2386, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 1.10.2008 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2008/1960, art. 2(1)(e), Sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 15.12.2014 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2014/3026, art. 3 (with arts. 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 20(1) in force at 20.9.2017 for W. by S.I. 2017/933, art. 2(a) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "S. 20(2)(3) in force at 20.9.2017 for W. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/933, art. 3(a) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:06:49.651436+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."
  }
}