{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-schemes-regulations-1982/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-schemes-regulations-1982/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1982/209",
  "legislation_title": "The Commons (Schemes) Regulations 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-schemes-regulations-1982",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Notice of the intention to make a scheme shall be given by—\n(a) inserting a notice in the form set out in the Schedule to these regulations, or a form to the like effect, in at least one newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood of the common to which the proposed scheme relates, the notice to be inserted twice with an interval of not less than one week between the insertions;\n(b) displaying copies of the notice at two or more places on the common;\n(c) serving a copy of the notice upon the council of every county and of every parish and, in Wales, of every community in which the common, or any part of the common, to which the proposed scheme relates is situate;\n(d) sending a copy of the notice to every person entitled to the soil of the common, whether as Lord of the Manor or otherwise;\n(e) sending a copy of the notice to every commoner:\nProvided that, where a copy of the notice is required to be sent,—\n(i) it shall be sent by pre-paid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service;\n(ii) in a case where Her Majesty is entitled to the soil of the common, the copy of the notice shall be sent to the Crown Estate Commissioners or, where Her Majesty is entitled as Duke of Lancaster, to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;\n(iii) in a case where the Duke of Cornwall is entitled to the soil of the common, the copy of the notice shall be sent to the Lord Warden of the Stannaries.\n(iv) in a case where the council is satisfied after reasonable inquiry that it is not practicable to ascertain the name or address of any person or commoner, it may dispense with the requirement to send a copy of the notice to that person or, as the case may be, to that commoner;\n(v) in a case where the council considers that the commoners are too numerous, it may dispense with the requirement to send a copy of the notice to the commoners.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/209/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:25:37.527220+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."
}