# The Commons Registration (New Land) Regulations 1969, Regulation 10: Land descriptions


(1) Land must be described for the purposes of any application—
(a) by a plan accompanying the application and referred to therein; or
(b) in the case of land already registered under the Act, by a reference to the register sufficient to enable the land to be identified; or
(c) in the case of land to which rights of common are attached, by reference to the numbered parcels on the most recent edition of the ordnance map (quoting the edition).
(2) Any plan accompanying an application must—
(a) be drawn to scale;
(b) be in ink or other permanent medium;
(c) be on a scale of not less, or not substantially less, than six inches to one mile;
(d) show the land to be described by means of distinctive colouring; and
(e) be marked as an exhibit to the statutory declaration in support of the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/1843/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-new-land-regulations-1969/regulation-10
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