Commons Act 2006

2006 c. 26 · Enacted 19 July 2006 · Extends to England and Wales

Contents

1. Part 1: Registration
2. Introductory
3. 1Registers of common land and greens
4. 2Purpose of registers
5. 3Content of registers
6. 4Commons registration authorities
7. 5Land to which Part 1 applies
8. Registration of rights of common
9. 6Creation
10. 7Variation
11. 8Apportionment
12. 9Severance
13. 10Attachment
14. 11Re-allocation of attached rights
15. 12Transfer of rights in gross
16. 13Surrender and extinguishment
17. Registration, deregistration and exchange of land
18. 14Statutory dispositions
19. 15Registration of greens
20. 15ARegistration of greens: statement by owner
21. 15BRegister of section 15A statements
22. 15CRegistration of greens: exclusions
23. 16Deregistration and exchange: applications
24. 17Deregistration and exchange: orders
25. Conclusiveness and correction of the registers
26. 18Conclusiveness
27. 19Correction
28. Information etc
29. 20Inspection
30. 21Official copies
31. Transitory and transitional provision
32. 22Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act
33. 23Transitional
34. Supplementary
35. 24Applications etc
36. 25Electronic registers
37. Part 2: Management
38. Commons councils
39. 26Establishment
40. 27Procedure for establishment
41. Status and constitution of commons councils
42. 28Status
43. 29Constitution
44. 30Constitution: supplementary
45. Functions of commons councils
46. 31Functions
47. 32Ancillary powers
48. 33Consent
49. 34Enforcement of rules
50. 35Rules: supplementary
51. Commons councils: supplementary
52. 36Consequential provision
53. 37Variation and revocation of establishment orders
54. Part 3: Works
55. 38Prohibition on works without consent
56. 39Consent: general
57. 40Consent: procedure
58. 41Enforcement
59. 42Schemes
60. 43Power to exempt
61. 44Supplementary
62. Part 4: Miscellaneous
63. Intervention powers
64. 45Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land
65. 46Powers relating to unauthorised agricultural activities
66. Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure etc
67. 47Approvement
68. 48Inclosure
69. 49Notice of inclosure
70. Commons Act 1899
71. 50Schemes under the Commons Act 1899
72. Vehicular access
73. 51Vehicular access
74. Part 5: Supplementary and general
75. Amendments and repeals
76. 52Minor and consequential amendments
77. 53Repeals
78. 54Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens
79. 55Power to amend enactments conferring functions on national authorities
80. Commencement and transitional provision
81. 56Commencement
82. 57Severance: transitional
83. 58Natural England
84. General
85. 59Orders and regulations
86. 60Crown application
87. 61Interpretation
88. 62Short title
89. 63Extent
90. Schedule 1: Authorised severance
91. Severance by transfer to public bodies
92. 1Paragraph 1
93. Temporary severance by letting or leasing
94. 2Paragraph 2
95. Severance authorised by order
96. 3Paragraph 3
97. Schedule 1AExclusion of right under section 15: England
98. Interpretation
99. Notes
100. 1Paragraph 1
101. 2Paragraph 2
102. 3Paragraph 3
103. 4Paragraph 4
104. 5Paragraph 5
105. 6Paragraph 6
106. Schedule 1BExclusion of right under section 15: Wales
107. Interpretation
108. 1Paragraph 1
109. 2Paragraph 2
110. Schedule 2: Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act
111. Introductory
112. 1Paragraph 1
113. Non-registration of common land
114. 2Paragraph 2
115. Non-registration of town or village green
116. 3Paragraph 3
117. Waste land of a manor not registered as common land
118. 4Paragraph 4
119. Town or village green wrongly registered as common land
120. 5Paragraph 5
121. Buildings registered as common land
122. 6Paragraph 6
123. Other land wrongly registered as common land
124. 7Paragraph 7
125. Buildings registered as town or village green
126. 8Paragraph 8
127. Other land wrongly registered as town or village green
128. 9Paragraph 9
129. Costs
130. 10Paragraph 10
131. Schedule 3: Registration: transitional provision
132. Interpretation
133. 1Paragraph 1
134. Transitional period for updating registers
135. 2Paragraph 2
136. 3Paragraph 3
137. 4Paragraph 4
138. 5Paragraph 5
139. Effect of repeals
140. 6Paragraph 6
141. 7Paragraph 7
142. Ownership of common land or town or village green
143. 8Paragraph 8
144. Vesting of unclaimed land
145. 9Paragraph 9
146. Schedule 4: Works: supplementary
147. Metropolitan commons
148. 1Paragraph 1
149. 2Paragraph 2
150. National Trust property
151. 3Paragraph 3
152. 4Paragraph 4
153. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
154. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
155. Transitional provision
156. 6Paragraph 6
157. 7Paragraph 7
158. Schedule 5: Minor and consequential amendments
159. Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
160. 1Paragraph 1
161. Animals Act 1971 (c. 22)
162. 2Paragraph 2
163. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
164. 3Paragraph 3
165. Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)
166. 4Paragraph 4
167. Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)
168. 5Paragraph 5
169. Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
170. 6Paragraph 6
171. Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)
172. 7Paragraph 7
173. Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)
174. 8Paragraph 8
175. Schedule 6: Repeals
176. 1Repeals relating to registration
177. 2Repeals relating to works
178. 3Repeals relating to approvement and inclosure
179. 4Repeal relating to schemes under the Commons Act 1899 Not yet in force
180. 5Repeal relating to vehicular access