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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenham-and-crookham-commons-act-2002/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukla/2002/1",
  "legislation_title": "Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenham-and-crookham-commons-act-2002",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "General duty of Council and Commission",
  "text": "(1) The Council and the Commission shall each have a duty to use their reasonable endeavours to exercise their functions in a manner which—\n(a) restores and conserves the Common as a peaceful place of natural beauty and, in particular, conserves its flora and fauna and ecological, archeological, geological and physiographical features;\n(b) conserves any part of the Common which is a site of special scientific interest as such a site; and\n(c) subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) above—\n(i) promotes and improves grazing on the Common;\n(ii) promotes educational activities related to the Common and, in particular, encourages public awareness of the ecological, cultural and historic significance of the Common and any additional open space;\n(iii) manages the Common and any additional open space as a place open to the public for recreational purposes; and\n(iv) facilitates the exercise of commoners' rights on the Common.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the Council and the Commission shall each have a duty to exercise their functions in a manner which implements the policy set out in the Management Plan.\n(3) In subsection (2) above “Management Plan” means the Greenham and Crookham Common Management Plan adopted under section 9 (Greenham and Crookham Common Management Plan) below as for the time being in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2002/1/section/8",
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  },
  "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."
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