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The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014

S.I. 2014/3038 · Made 12 November 2014 · Extends to England and Wales

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Commons, England

Made 12th November 2014

Laid before Parliament 14th November 2014

Coming into force 15th December 2014

The Secretary of State, being the appropriate national authority in relation to England, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(5), 8(1), 11(5) and (6), 14, 17(3), 20, 21, 24(1) to (2A), (3) and (6) to (9) and 59(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 to 10 of Schedule 2, and paragraphs 2, 4, 5 and 8(3) of Schedule 3 to, the Commons Act 2006f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 26: “appropriate national authority” and “regulations” are defined in section 61(1); section 24(2)(d) was repealed by section 17(a) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), and section 24(2A) and (2B) inserted by section 17(b) of the same Act; section 24(9) was amended by section 11 of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010 (2010 No.1); paragraph 1(1)(c) and (2) of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2013/755.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Preliminary
  2. 1Title, commencement and application
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Official stamp of registration authority
  5. 4Appointment of persons to discharge functions of a registration authority
  6. Part 2: The Registers
  7. 5Form of the registers
  8. 6Register units
  9. 7Method of registration
  10. 8Replacement of register sheets
  11. 9Register maps
  12. 10Contents of register maps
  13. 11Register map overlays
  14. 12Fresh editions of register maps
  15. 13Supplemental maps
  16. 14Continuing validity of existing register entries
  17. Part 3: Applications and proposals to amend the Registers
  18. 15Scope of this Part
  19. 16Making an application
  20. 17Application fees
  21. 18Making a proposal
  22. 19Land descriptions
  23. 20Management of application
  24. 21Registration authority’s duty to publicise application
  25. 22Registration authority’s duty to publicise proposal
  26. 23Contents of notice of application or proposal
  27. 24Inspection of copies of documents
  28. 25Representations
  29. 26Responsibility for determining applications and proposals
  30. 27Method of determining applications and proposals
  31. 28Notice of public inquiry or hearing
  32. 29Public inquiries: general provisions
  33. 30Pre-inquiry meeting
  34. 31Procedure at inquiries
  35. 32Hearings
  36. 33Site inspections
  37. 34Changes of procedure
  38. 35Consultation requirement
  39. 36Action to be taken following determination of application or proposal
  40. 37Award of costs in relation to certain applications
  41. Part 4: Miscellaneous
  42. 38The transitional period and transitional application period
  43. 39Notice of the transitional period
  44. 40Review of the registers
  45. 41Determination of applications and proposals to amend the registers
  46. 42Further amendment of registers under Schedule 3 to the 2006 Act
  47. 43Declaration of entitlement to exercise a right of common
  48. 44Operation at law of relevant instruments effecting statutory dispositions
  49. 45Severance by transfer to Natural England
  50. 46Matters affecting the public
  51. 47Registration under Land Registration Act 2002
  52. 48Deregistration and exchange: action to be taken by registration authority on receipt of order
  53. 49Vacant benefices
  54. Part 5: Supplemental
  55. 50Electronic communications
  56. 51Service of documents
  57. 52Inspection and copying of documents
  58. 53Official copies
  59. 54Revocations, transitional and savings provisions
  60. Signature
  61. Schedule 1Registration authorities
  62. Schedule 2Forms
  63. Schedule 3: Model and Standard entries
  64. Part 1: Model Entries
  65. Model Entry 1For the general part of the register.
  66. Model Entry 2For the general part of the register.
  67. Model Entry 3For the rights section of the register.
  68. Model Entry 4For the rights section of the register.
  69. Model Entry 5For the rights section of the register.
  70. Model Entry 6For the rights section of the register.
  71. Model Entry 7For the rights section of the register.
  72. Model Entry 8For the rights section of the register.
  73. Model Entry 9For the rights section of the register.
  74. Model Entry 10For the rights section of the register.
  75. Model Entry 11For the rights section of the register.
  76. Model Entry 12For the rights section of the register.
  77. Model Entry 13For the rights section of the register.
  78. Model Entry 14For the rights section of the register.
  79. Model Entry 15For the land section of the register.
  80. Model Entry 16For the land section of the register.
  81. Model Entry 17For the land section of the register.
  82. Model Entry 18For the land section of the register.
  83. Model Entry 19For the land section of the register.
  84. Model Entry 20For the land section of the register.
  85. Model Entry 21For notes, land section of the register.
  86. Model Entry 22For notes, land section of the register.
  87. Model Entry 23For notes, ownership section of the register.
  88. Model Entry 24For ownership section of the register.
  89. Part 2: Standard Entries
  90. Standard Entry 1For register map
  91. Standard Entry 2For register or register map.
  92. Standard Entry 3For column 5 of the rights section
  93. Standard Entry 4For the supplemental map
  94. Schedule 4: Making an application
  95. 1Applications under section 6: creation of right of common
  96. 2Applications under section 7: variation of right of common
  97. 3Applications for the purposes of section 8: apportionment of right of common
  98. 4Applications under section 10: attachment of right of common to land
  99. 5Applications under section 11: re-allocation of a right of common
  100. 6Applications under section 12: transfer of right in gross
  101. 7Applications under section 13: surrender or extinguishment of right of common
  102. 8Applications pursuant to section 14: statutory dispositions
  103. 9Applications under section 15(1): registration of town or village green
  104. 10Applications under section 15(8): registration of land as town or village green by its owner
  105. 11Applications under section 19(4)(b): amendment of a register of common land or town or village greens
  106. 12Applications under paragraph 1(6)(b) of Schedule 1: severance of right of common by transfer to public body
  107. 13Applications under paragraph 3(7)(b) of Schedule 1: severance of right of common by order
  108. 14Applications under Schedule 2: non-registration or mistaken registration
  109. 15Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: creation of right of common
  110. 16Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: surrender or extinguishment of right of common
  111. 17Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: variation of right of common
  112. 18Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: apportionment of right of common
  113. 19Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: severance of right of common
  114. 20Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: transfer of right in gross
  115. 21Applications for the purposes of Schedule 3: statutory dispositions
  116. Schedule 5Application of a type and purpose for which registration authorities may not specify a fee
  117. Schedule 6Fees payable to the Planning Inspectorate
  118. Schedule 7: Persons on whom registration authority must serve notice of an application
  119. 1Paragraph 1
  120. 2Paragraph 2
  121. Schedule 8: Application of these Regulations to the Registration Areas of the 1965 Registration Authorities
  122. 1Paragraph 1
  123. 2Paragraph 2
  124. 3Paragraph 3
  125. Explanatory note