{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3038",
  "legislation_title": "The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Making an application",
  "text": "(1) An application must—\n(a) be made in writing on a form provided by the Secretary of State for an application of that type; and\n(b) be signed by, or by a representative of, every applicant who is an individual, and by the secretary or some other duly authorised officer of every applicant which is a body corporate or an unincorporated association.\n(2) Schedule 4 contains provisions which apply in relation to specific types of applications as to—\n(a) the circumstances in which an application is permitted or required to be made;\n(b) who may make the application; and\n(c) the matters which must be included in or which, subject to paragraph (3), must accompany the application.\n(3) An applicant is not required to include with an application a copy of any document specified in Schedule 4 if—\n(a) the registration authority issued the document, or was a party to the document; or\n(b) the document has been deposited with the registration authority in accordance with any enactment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 15.12.2014, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3038/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:56:25.671551+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}