# Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002, Section 8: General duty of Council and Commission


(1) The Council and the Commission shall each have a duty to use their reasonable endeavours to exercise their functions in a manner which—
(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;
(b) conserves any part of the Common which is a site of special scientific interest as such a site; and
(c) subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) above—
(i) promotes and improves grazing on the Common;
(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;
(iii) manages the Common and any additional open space as a place open to the public for recreational purposes; and
(iv) facilitates the exercise of commoners' rights on the Common.
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2002/1/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenham-and-crookham-commons-act-2002/section-8
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