The Commons Registration (New Land) Regulations 1969

Interpretation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“the Act” means the Commons Registration Act 1965;

“application” means an application under these Regulations;

“concerned authority”, in relation to an application to a registration authority, means a local authority (other than the registration authority) in whose area any part of the land affected by the application lies;

“Form 6” means the form so numbered in the General Regulations or a form to substantially the same effect, and “Form” followed by a number above 28 means the form so numbered in the Schedule to these Regulations, or a form to substantially the same effect;

“the General Regulations” means the Commons Registration (General) Regulations 1966(1) as amended (2), and “General Regulation” followed by a number means the regulation so numbered in the General Regulations;

“Model Entry” followed by a number means the specimen entry so numbered in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations, and “Standard Entry” followed by a number means the specimen entry so numbered in Part 2 of that Schedule, or an entry to substantially the same effect;

“provisional registration” means a registration under section 4 of the Act which has not become final;

“substituted land” and, in relation to any substituted land, “the taken land” , bear the same meanings as in General Regulation 28.

(3) A requirement upon a registration authority to publish a document in any area is a requirement to cause the document to be published in such one or more newspapers circulating in that area as shall appear to the authority sufficient to secure adequate publicity for it.

(4) A requirement to display a document or copies thereof is a requirement to treat it, for the purposes of section 287 of the Local Government Act 1933 (public notices), as if it were a public notice within that section.

(5) Where the day or the last day on which anything is required or permitted by or in pursuance of these Regulations to be done is a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank holiday or a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning, the requirement or permission shall be deemed to relate to the first day thereafter which is not one of the days before-mentioned.

(6) Any requirement (however expressed) that a registration authority shall send anything to “the applicant” shall, where a solicitor has been instructed for the purposes of an application, be deemed to be satisfied by sending it to the solicitor, or, where two or more persons are concerned together in an application and no solicitor has been instructed, to that one of them whose name appears first in the application form.

(7) A requirement upon a registration authority to stamp any document is a requirement to cause an impression of its official stamp as described in General Regulation 3 to be affixed to it, and that the impression shall bear the date mentioned in the requirement or (where no date is mentioned) the date when it was affixed.

(8) An indication in any form in the Schedule to these Regulations that the form shall bear the official stamp of a registration authority is a requirement upon the authority to stamp it.