SCHEDULE 9 Miscellaneous statutory functions of National Park authorities
Common land etc.
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(1)
The enactments specified in sub-paragraph (2) below shall have effect in relation to any registered common which—
(a)
is within any National Park for which a National Park authority is the local planning authority, and
(b)
is not owned by, or vested in, any other body which is a local authority,
as if the National Park authority were a local authority for the purposes of those enactments and as if the relevant Park were that authority’s area.
(2)
The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above are—
(a)
section 1 of the M1Commons Act 1899 (scheme for regulation);
F1(b)
section 194(2) of the M2Law of Property Act 1925 (application for removal of works);
(c)
section 23 of and Schedule 2 to the M3Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (power of district council to prohibit caravans on commons); and
(d)
F2section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 (protection of unclaimed common land).
(3)
In the M4Commons Act 1899 references to the council by which a scheme is made under section 1 of that Act shall be construed accordingly; and the powers conferred by sections 7 and 12 of that Act (acquisition of land and contributions to expenses) shall be exercisable by a National Park authority in relation to the relevant Park as they are exercisable by a district council in relation to their district.
(4)
A National Park authority shall have the same power to make an application under section 18 of the M5Commons Act 1899 (modification of provisions for recreation grounds) as a local authority.
(5)
References in this paragraph, in relation to an enactment specified in sub-paragraph (2) above or to any enactment contained in section 18 of the Commons Act 1899, to a local authority are references to any such local authority, within the M6meaning of the 1972 Act, as has functions conferred on it by or by virtue of that enactment.