Commons Act 2006 Explanatory Notes

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

  1. Introduction

  2. Background and Summary

    1. General background

    2. Historical and legislative background

  3. Territorial Extent

  4. Territorial Application: Wales

  5. Overview

    1. Part 1: Registration

    2. Part 2: Management

    3. Part 3: Works

    4. Part 4: Miscellaneous

    5. Part 5: Supplementary and General

  6. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1: Registration

      1. Introductory

        1. Section 1 Registers of common land and greens

        2. Section 2 Purpose of registers

        3. Section 3 Content of registers

        4. Section 4 Commons registration authorities

        5. Section 5 Land to which Part 1 applies

      2. Registration of rights of common

        1. Section 6 Creation

        2. Section 7 Variation

        3. Section 8 Apportionment

        4. Section 9 and Schedule 1: Severance

        5. Section 10 Attachment

        6. Section 11 Re-allocation of attached rights

        7. Section 12 Transfer of rights in gross

        8. Section 13 Surrender and extinguishment

      3. Registration, deregistration and exchange of land

        1. Section 14 Statutory dispositions

        2. Section 15 Registration of greens

        3. Section 16 Deregistration and exchange: applications

        4. Section 17 Deregistration and exchange: orders

      4. Conclusiveness and Correction of the Registers

        1. Section 18 Conclusiveness

        2. Section 19 Correction

      5. Information etc

        1. Section 20 Inspection

        2. Section 21 Official copies

      6. Transitory and transitional provision

        1. Section 22 and Schedule 2 Rectification of mistakes etc under the 1965 Act

        2. Section 23 and Schedule 3 Transitional

      7. Supplementary

        1. Section 24 Applications etc

        2. Section 25 Electronic registers

    2. Part 2: Management

      1. Commons councils

        1. Section 26 Establishment

        2. Section 27 Procedure for establishment

      2. Status and constitution of commons councils

        1. Section 28 Status

        2. Section 29 Constitution

        3. Section 30 Constitution: supplementary

      3. Functions of commons councils

        1. Section 31 Functions

        2. Section 32 Ancillary powers

        3. Section 33 Consent

        4. Section 34 Enforcement of rules

        5. Section 35 Rules: supplementary

      4. Commons councils: supplementary

        1. Section 36 Consequential provision

        2. Section 37 Variation and revocation of establishment orders

    3. Part 3:  Works

      1. Section 38 Prohibition on works without consent

      2. Section 39 Consent: general

      3. Section 40 Consent: procedure

      4. Section 41 Enforcement

      5. Section 42 Schemes

      6. Section 43 Power to exempt

      7. Section 44 and Schedule 4 Supplementary

    4. Part 4: Miscellaneous

      1. Intervention powers

        1. Section 45 Powers of local authorities over unclaimed land

        2. Section 46 Powers relating to unauthorised agricultural activities

      2. Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure

        1. Section 47 Approvement

        2. Section 48 Inclosure

        3. Section 49 Notice of inclosure

      3. Commons Act 1899

        1. Section 50 Schemes under the Commons Act 1899

      4. Vehicular access

        1. Section 51 Vehicular access

    5. Part 5: Supplementary and General

      1. Amendments and repeals

        1. Section 52 Minor and consequential amendments

        2. Section 53 Repeals

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

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

      2. Commencement and transitional provision

        1. Section 56 Commencement

        2. Section 57 Severance: transitional

  7. Commencement Date

  8. Hansard References

  9. ANNEX AGlossary of  Terms

  10. ANNEX BCommons Exempted under Section 11(1) of the Commons Registration Act 1965

  11. ANNEX CSection 11 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (as Amended) [See Paragraph 131]

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