# The Works on Common Land (Exemptions) (England) Order 2007, Article 5: Interpretation and transitional provision

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Order—
“moorland” means any area of land shown coloured pink in the three volumes of maps, each entitled “Moorland Map of England 2006” and marked with the number of the volume, dated 13th February 2006, signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and deposited at the offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL;
“register unit” means the whole of an area of land registered as common land pursuant to a single registration;
“section 38 consent” means consent under section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 to carry out restricted works.
(2) References to “land registered as common land” shall be taken, until the commencement of section 1 of the Commons Act 2006 in relation to the area in which any land in question is situated, as references to land so registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2587/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/works-on-common-land-exemptions-england-order-2007/article-5
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