Section 1 Short title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002.

(2)

This Act shall come into force on such day or days as the Council may by resolution appoint; and the Council may appoint different days for different provisions of this Act.

(3)

The Council shall cause to be published in a local newspaper circulating in the area of the Council notice of—

(a)

the passing of any such resolution and of the day or days fixed by the resolution; and

(b)

the general effect of the provisions of this Act coming into operation as from each day so fixed,

and no day so fixed shall be earlier than the expiration of two months from the publication of the notice.

(4)

A photostatic or other reproduction certified by the officer appointed for the purpose by the Council to be a true reproduction of a page or part of a page of any such newspaper bearing the date of its publication and containing any such notice shall be evidence of the publication of the notice, and of the date of publication.