{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/26",
  "legislation_title": "Commons Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Establishment",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate national authority may, for any area or areas of land to which this section applies, establish a body corporate to carry out functions conferred under this Part.\n(2) This section applies to any land that—\n(a) is registered as common land; or\n(b) is registered as a town or village green and is subject to rights of common.\n(3) A body corporate established under this section is to be known as a “commons council”.\n(4) A commons council is to be established by order.\n(5) An order establishing a commons council must specify—\n(a) the name of the council;\n(b) the area or areas of land for which the council is established.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 in force at 20.1.2010 for E. by S.I. 2010/61, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/26",
    "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."
  }
}