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Part 4 E+WMiscellaneous

Abolition of powers of approvement and inclosure etcE+W

47ApprovementE+W

(1)The Commons Act 1285 (13 Edw 1 c. 46) (power of approvement) shall cease to have effect.

(2)Any power of approvement of a common which subsists at common law is abolished.

Commencement Information

I1S. 47 wholly in force at 6.9.2007; s. 47 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 56(1); s. 47 in force for E. at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2504, art. 2(b); s. 47 in force for W. at 6.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/2386, art. 3

48InclosureE+W

(1)Section 147 of the Inclosure Act 1845 (c. 118) (power to exchange common land for other land) shall cease to have effect.

(2)The following shall cease to have effect—

(a)section 2 of the Gifts for Churches Act 1811 (c. 115);

(b)in section 2 of the School Sites Act 1841 (c. 38), the words from “Provided also, that where any portion” to “such conveyance;”;

(c)in section 1 of the Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112), the words from “Provided also” to the end.

Commencement Information

I2S. 48 partly in force; s. 48 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 56(1); s. 48 in force for E. at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2584, art. 2(c)

49Notice of inclosureE+W

(1)Section 31 of the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) (three months' notice of claim to inclose to be given in local papers) shall cease to have effect.

(2)In section 3 of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878 (c. 71), for “Sections thirty and thirty-one” substitute “ Section 30 ”.

Commencement Information

I3S. 49 wholly in force at 6.9.2007; s. 49 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 56(1); s. 49 in force for E. at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2504, art. 2(c); s. 49 in force for W. at 6.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/2386, art. 3