The Commons (Severance of Rights) (Wales) Order 2014

Notification

4.—(1) All temporary severance agreements must contain a provision stipulating that the owner of the land to which the right of common to graze animals is attached must, within 28 days of entering into a temporary severance agreement, supply—

(a) the names and addresses of the parties;

(b) the date the agreement was entered into;

(c) the duration of the agreement;

(d) the land to which the agreement relates; and

(e) the nature/extent of the grazing rights;

to the persons listed in paragraph (2).

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the Commons Registration Authority in whose area the land is situated;

(b) the landowner of the common over which the rights are exercisable, to the extent that person can be identified by reasonable enquiries;

(c) any relevant commoners association, graziers association or similar organisation; and

(d) the Natural Resources Body Wales, if the common to which the rights apply includes a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1).

(3) In addition to the notification requirements contained in paragraph (1), all temporary severance agreements must contain a provision stipulating that the owner of the land to which the right of common to graze animals is attached must provide any other information reasonably requested to the Commons Registration Authority in whose area the land is situated, to the persons listed in paragraph (2) within 21 days of receipt of such a request.

(1)

1981 c. 69.