The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No.1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Wales) Order 2007

Provisions coming into force on 6 September 2007

3.  The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 6 September 2007—

(a) section 4 (commons registration authorities);

(b) section 5 (land to which Part 1 applies);

(c) section 15 (registration of greens);

(d) section 23 (transitional), insofar as it gives effect to paragraph (m) of this article;

(e) section 24 (applications etc.), insofar as it is not brought into force by article 2 of this Order;

(f) section 44 (supplementary), insofar as it gives effect to paragraph (n) of this article;

(g) section 45 (powers of local authorities over unclaimed land);

(h) section 47 (approvement);

(i) section 49 (notice of inclosure);

(j) section 51 (vehicular access);

(k) section 52 (minor and consequential amendments), insofar as it gives effect to paragraph (o) of this article;

(l) section 53 (repeals), insofar as it gives effect to paragraphs (p) to (s) of this article;

(m) in Schedule 3 (registration: transitional provision), paragraph 9;

(n) in Schedule 4 (works: supplementary), paragraph 6;

(o) in Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments)—

(i) paragraph 4,

(ii) sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 6, and

(iii) sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 7 and sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph insofar as it relates thereto;

(p) in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (repeals relating to registration), the entries relating to-

(i) the Commons Registration Act 1965 to the extent of repealing sections 8, 9 and 13(a) and (b)(1) of the 1965 Act,

(ii) section 189(1) and (2) of the Local Government Act 1972(2),

(iii) paragraph 10(6) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985(3),

(iv) section 8 of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985(4),

(v) the Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Act 1989(5),

(vi) sections 46(1) and 98 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000(6), and

(vii) section 33(1) of the Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002(7);

(q) in Part 2 of Schedule 6 (repeals relating to works), the entries relating to-

(i) section 21 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866(8),

(ii) section 30 of the Commons Act 1876(9),

(iii) section 21 of the Commons Act 1899(10), and

(iv) Schedule 7 to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(11);

(r) in Part 3 of Schedule 6 (repeals relating to approvement and inclosure), the entries relating to—

(i) the Commons Act 1285(12),

(ii) section 31 of the Commons Act 1876, and

(iii) the Law of Commons Amendment Act 1893(13); and

(s) Part 5 of Schedule 6 (repeals relating to vehicular access).

(1)

1965 c. 64; section 8 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), section 189(2) and by the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), Schedule 11, paragraph 7(1) and (2); section 9 was amended by the Land Registration Act 2000, Schedule 11, paragraph 7(1) and (3); section 13 was amended by the Law of Property Act 1969 (c. 59), Schedule 2, Part I.

(2)

1972 c. 70.

(3)

1985 c. 51.

(4)

1985 c.xxxvii.

(5)

1989 c. 18.

(6)

2000 c. 37.

(7)

2002 c.i.

(8)

1866 c. 122.

(9)

1876 c. 56; section 30 was amended by the Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act 1934 (c. 40), Schedule, Part I and by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), Schedule 11, Part 4, paragraph 13.

(10)

1899 c. 30; section 21 was amended by the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49).

(11)

1965 c. 56.

(12)

13 Edw 1 c.46.

(13)

1893 c. 57.