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Paragraph 7 Common land

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(1)

The movement of a bovine animal between land over which the owner or keeper of the animal has a registered right of common and—

(a)

premises occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal and in relation to which the registered right of common is customarily exercised; or

(b)

premises occupied by any other person who has a registered right of common over that land and in relation to which the registered right of common is customarily exercised.

(2)

The movement of a bovine animal between premises occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal and in relation to which a registered right of common over land is customarily exercised and premises occupied by any other person who has a registered right of common over that land and in relation to which the registered right of common of that other person is customarily exercised.

(3)

In this paragraph “registered right of common” means a right to common registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965f1 or a right of common which is exempt from such registration but which is registered, designated, attached, or otherwise recognised, continued or preserved under and in accordance with any of the New Forest Acts 1854, 1949, 1964 and 1970f2, the Epping Forest Acts 1878 and 1880f3 or the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1977f4 or any like right or permission exercised in the Forest of Dean.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1965 c. 64.

f2

1854 c. 49 (17 & 18 Vict.); 1949 c. 69, 1964 c. 83 and 1970 c. 21.

f3

1878 c. ccxiii (41 & 42 Vict.) and 1880 c. cxxx (43 & 44 Vict.).

f4

1977 c. xv.