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Commons Act 2006

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part 1 Registration

    1. Introductory

      1. 1.Registers of common land and greens

      2. 2.Purpose of registers

      3. 3.Content of registers

      4. 4.Commons registration authorities

      5. 5.Land to which Part 1 applies

    2. Registration of rights of common

      1. 6.Creation

      2. 7.Variation

      3. 8.Apportionment

      4. 9.Severance

      5. 10.Attachment

      6. 11.Re-allocation of attached rights

      7. 12.Transfer of rights in gross

      8. 13.Surrender and extinguishment

    3. Registration, deregistration and exchange of land

      1. 14.Statutory dispositions

      2. 15.Registration of greens

      3. 16.Deregistration and exchange: applications

      4. 17.Deregistration and exchange: orders

    4. Conclusiveness and correction of the registers

      1. 18.Conclusiveness

      2. 19.Correction

    5. Information etc

      1. 20.Inspection

      2. 21.Official copies

    6. Transitory and transitional provision

      1. 22.Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act

      2. 23.Transitional

    7. Supplementary

      1. 24.Applications etc

      2. 25.Electronic registers

  3. Part 2 Management

    1. Commons councils

      1. 26.Establishment

      2. 27.Procedure for establishment

    2. Status and constitution of commons councils

      1. 28.Status

      2. 29.Constitution

      3. 30.Constitution: supplementary

    3. Functions of commons councils

      1. 31.Functions

      2. 32.Ancillary powers

      3. 33.Consent

      4. 34.Enforcement of rules

      5. 35.Rules: supplementary

    4. Commons councils: supplementary

      1. 36.Consequential provision

      2. 37.Variation and revocation of establishment orders

  4. Part 3 Works

    1. 38.Prohibition on works without consent

    2. 39.Consent: general

    3. 40.Consent: procedure

    4. 41.Enforcement

    5. 42.Schemes

    6. 43.Power to exempt

    7. 44.Supplementary

  5. Part 4 Miscellaneous

    1. Intervention powers

      1. 45.Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land

      2. 46.Powers relating to unauthorised agricultural activities

    2. Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure etc

      1. 47.Approvement

      2. 48.Inclosure

      3. 49.Notice of inclosure

    3. Commons Act 1899

      1. 50.Schemes under the Commons Act 1899

    4. Vehicular access

      1. 51.Vehicular access

  6. Part 5 Supplementary and general

    1. Amendments and repeals

      1. 52.Minor and consequential amendments

      2. 53.Repeals

      3. 54.Power to amend enactments relating to common land or greens

      4. 55.Power to amend enactments conferring functions on national authorities

    2. Commencement and transitional provision

      1. 56.Commencement

      2. 57.Severance: transitional

      3. 58.Natural England

    3. General

      1. 59.Orders and regulations

      2. 60.Crown application

      3. 61.Interpretation

      4. 62.Short title

      5. 63.Extent

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Authorised severance

      1. 1.Severance by transfer to public bodies

      2. 2.Temporary severance by letting or leasing

      3. 3.Severance authorised by order

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act

      1. 1.Introductory

      2. 2.Non-registration of common land

      3. 3.Non-registration of town or village green

      4. 4.Waste land of a manor not registered as common land

      5. 5.Town or village green wrongly registered as common land

      6. 6.Buildings registered as common land

      7. 7.Other land wrongly registered as common land

      8. 8.Buildings registered as town or village green

      9. 9.Other land wrongly registered as town or village green

      10. 10.Costs

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Registration: transitional provision

      1. 1.Interpretation

      2. 2.Transitional period for updating registers

      3. 3.At the end of the transitional period, any right of...

      4. 4.(1) Regulations may make provision for commons registration authorities to...

      5. 5.Regulations under paragraph 2 or 4 may in particular include...

      6. 6.Effect of repeals

      7. 7.The repeal by this Act of section 21(1) of the...

      8. 8.Ownership of common land or town or village green

      9. 9.Vesting of unclaimed land

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Works: supplementary

      1. 1.Metropolitan commons

      2. 2.(1) The Schedule to the Ministry of Housing and Local...

      3. 3.National Trust property

      4. 4.(1) Section 23 of the National Trust Act 1971 (c....

      5. 5.New parishes

      6. 6.Transitional provision

      7. 7.The prohibition in section 38(1) does not apply to works...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Minor and consequential amendments

      1. 1.Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)

      2. 2.Animals Act 1971 (c. 22)

      3. 3.Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

      4. 4.Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)

      5. 5.Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

      6. 6.Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

      7. 7.Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)

      8. 8.Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Repeals

      1. Part 1 Repeals relating to registration

      2. Part 2 Repeals relating to works

      3. Part 3 Repeals relating to approvement and inclosure

      4. Part 4 Repeal relating to schemes under the Commons Act 1899

      5. Part 5 Repeal relating to vehicular access

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