The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England) Order 2014

Commencement of provisions

3.—(1) In relation to the 2014 pilot areas the following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 12th November 2014 so far as is required for the making of regulations under or in relation to any of them, and on 15th December 2014 for all other purposes—

(a) sections 1, 2 and 3;

(b) sections 6 to 8;

(c) sections 10 to 14;

(d) sections 18 to 21;

(e) section 22 and Schedule 2;

(f) section 23 and Schedule 3 (to the extent that they are not already in force in relation to those areas);

(g) Schedule 5, paragraph 3, and section 52 insofar as it relates to that paragraph;

(h) Schedule 5, paragraphs 6 to 8 (to the extent that they are not already in force in relation to those areas), and section 52 insofar as it relates to those paragraphs;

(i) the entry relating to the 1965 Act in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (repeals relating to registration) to the extent of repealing sections 1 to 3, 10 to 12, 13 (insofar as the repeal of section 13 has not already been commenced), 14 to 16 and 19 (insofar as the repeal of section 19 has not already been commenced), and section 53 insofar as it relates to that entry.

(2) In relation to the other registration areas and to the extent described in paragraph (3), the following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 12th November 2014 so far as is required for the making of regulations under or in relation to any of them and on 15th December 2014 for all other purposes—

(a) section 3;

(b) section 19, except for subsections (2)(b) to (e) and (4)(a);

(c) sections 20 and 21; and

(d) Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 6 to 10, and section 22 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs.

(3) The provisions in paragraph (2) are commenced only to the extent that they enable an application to any of the other registration areas to amend its register of common land or its register of town or village greens under—

(a) section 19 of the 2006 Act, for the purpose given in section 19(2)(a) (correcting a mistake made by the registration authority in making or amending an entry in the register); or

(b) Schedule 2 to the 2006 Act (non-registration or mistaken registration under the 1965 Act), paragraph 6, 7, 8 or 9.