{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartmoor-commons-authorised-severance-order-2008/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartmoor-commons-authorised-severance-order-2008/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1962",
  "legislation_title": "The Dartmoor Commons (Authorised Severance) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartmoor-commons-authorised-severance-order-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides that the Dartmoor Commoners Council is to be regarded as a commons council for the purposes of paragraph 1 (severance by transfer to public bodies) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act. The Order enables the Council, in relation to Dartmoor commons—\n(a) to acquire rights of common by a transfer which operates as a permanent severance of the rights of common from the land to which they are currently attached; and\n(b) to veto any acquisition of rights of common by Natural England.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1962/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:26:32.793921+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."
}