# The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008 (revoked) S.I. 2008/1961 · made 21 July 2008 · revised to 15 December 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksi_20081961_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20081961_en.pdf ## Introductory text Commons, England Made 21st July 2008 Laid before Parliament 24th July 2008 Coming into force 1st October 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Title, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Official stamp of registration authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Appointment of persons to discharge functions of a registration authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: The Registers ## 5 Form of the registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Register units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Method of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Replacement of register sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Register maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Contents of register maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Register map overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Fresh editions of register maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Supplemental maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Continuing validity of existing register entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Applications and proposals to amend the registers ## 15 Scope of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Making an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Application fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Making a proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Land descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Management of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Registration authority’s duty to publicise application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Applicant’s duty to publicise application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Registration authority’s duty to publicise proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Contents of notice of application or proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Inspection of copies of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Responsibility for determining applications and proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Method of determining applications and proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Notice of public inquiry or hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Public inquiries: general provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Pre-inquiry meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Procedure at inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Site inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Changes of procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Consultation requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Action to be taken following determination of application or proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Award of costs in relation to certain applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Transitional Period ## 39 The transitional period and transitional application period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Notice of the transitional period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Review of the registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Determination of applications and proposals to amend the registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Amendment of registers after end of transitional period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Miscellaneous ## 44 Declaration of entitlement to right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Operation at law of relevant instruments effecting statutory dispositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Severance by transfer to Natural England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Matters affecting the public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Registration under Land Registration Act 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Deregistration and exchange: action to be taken by registration authority on receipt of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Vacant benefices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Supplemental ## 51 Electronic communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Inspection and copying of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Official copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Revocations and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 Registration authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Forms ## Form 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Form 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Form 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Model and Standard entries ### Part 1: Model Entries ## Model Entry 1 For the general part of the register. Agreement between registration authorities ## Model Entry 2 For the general part of the register. Transfer from one registration authority to another ## Model Entry 3 For the rights section of the register. Newly created right of common attached to land ## Model Entry 4 For the rights section of the register. Variation of a right of common ## Model Entry 5 For the rights section of the register. Apportionment of a right of common ## Model Entry 6 For the rights section of the register. Attachment of right of common ## Model Entry 7 For the rights section of the register. Re-allocation of attached right of common ## Model Entry 8 For the rights section of the register. Transfer of right of common held in gross ## Model Entry 9 For the rights section of the register. Surrender and extinguishment of right of common ## Model Entry 10 For the rights section of the register. Declaration of entitlement to attached right of common ## Model Entry 11 For the rights section of the register. Declaration of partial entitlement to exercise attached right of common ## Model Entry 12 For the rights section of the register. Cancellation of declarations of partial entitlement to exercise attached right of common ## Model Entry 13 For the rights section of the register. Deregistration and exchange: amendment of right where replacement land registered as new register unit In the register relating to the release land (‘register unit CL X’) In the register relating to the replacement land (‘register unit CL Y’) ## Model Entry 14 For the rights section of the register. Severance by transfer of a right of common ## Model Entry 15 For the land section of the register. Deregistration of part of registered area ## Model Entry 16 For the land section of the register. Deregistration of whole of registered area ## Model Entry 17 For the land section of the register Registration of new land as addition to registered area ## Model Entry 18 For the land section of the register. Registration of new land as new register unit ## Model Entry 19 For the land section of the register. Town or village green wrongly registered as common land In the commons register relating to the wrongly registered land (‘register unit CL X’) In the town or village greens register (‘register unit VG Y’) ## Model Entry 20 For the land section of the register Deregistration of part of registered area and registration of replacement land ## Model Entry 21 For notes, land section of the register. Note of matters affecting the public ## Model Entry 22 For notes, land section of the register. Note of matters affecting the public ## Model Entry 23 For notes, ownership section of the register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Model Entry 24 For ownership section of the register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Standard Entries ## Standard Entry 1 For register map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Standard Entry 2 For register or register map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Standard Entry 3 For column 5 of the rights section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Standard Entry 4 For the supplemental map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Making an application ## 1 Applications under section 6: creation of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Applications under section 7: variation of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Applications for the purposes of section 8: apportionment of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Applications under section 10: attachment of right of common to land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Applications under section 11: re-allocation of a right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Applications under section 12: transfer of right in gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Applications under section 13: surrender or extinguishment of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Applications pursuant to section 14: statutory dispositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Applications under section 15(1): registration of town or village green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Applications under section 15(8): registration of land as town or village green by its owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Applications under section 19(4)(b): amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Applications under paragraph 1(6)(b) of Schedule 1: severance of right of common by transfer to public body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Applications under paragraph 3(7)(b) of Schedule 1: severance of right of common by order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Applications under Schedule 2: non-registration or mistaken registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: creation of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: surrender or extinguishment of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: variation of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: apportionment of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: severance of right of common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: transfer of right in gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: statutory dispositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Application fees ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Persons on whom applicant must serve notice of an application ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1961 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2008-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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