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9(1)If a commons registration authority is satisfied that any land registered as a town or village green is land to which this paragraph applies, the authority shall, subject to this paragraph, remove the land from its register of town or village greens.E+W
(2)This paragraph applies to land where—
(a)the land was provisionally registered as a town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act;
(b)the provisional registration of the land as a town or village green was not referred to a Commons Commissioner under section 5 of the 1965 Act;
(c)the provisional registration became final; and
(d)immediately before its provisional registration the land was not—
(i)common land within the meaning of that Act; or
(ii)a town or village green.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d)(ii), land is to be taken not to have been a town or village green immediately before its provisional registration if (and only if)—
(a)throughout the period of 20 years preceding the date of its provisional registration the land was, by reason of its physical nature, unusable by members of the public for the purposes of lawful sports and pastimes; and
(b)immediately before its provisional registration the land was not, and at the time of the application under this paragraph still is not, allotted by or under any Act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality.
(4)A commons registration authority may only remove land under sub-paragraph (1) acting on—
(a)the application of any person made before such date as regulations may specify; or
(b)a proposal made and published by the authority before such date as regulations may specify.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 para. 9 extended and modified (temp.) by S.I. 2017/564, art. 4 (as added) (20.9.2017) by The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions (Wales) and Commencement No. 4 (Wales) (Amendment)) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/933), art. 5(1)(2)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 9 partly in force; Sch. 2 para. 9 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 56(1); Sch. 2 para. 9(4) in force for certain purposes for W. at 12.8.2007 by S.I. 2007/2386, art. 2
I2Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 1.10.2008 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2008/1960, art. 2(1)(f), Sch. (with art. 3)
I3Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 15.12.2014 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2014/3026, art. 3 (with arts. 4, 5)
I4Sch. 2 para. 9(1)-(3) in force at 10.4.2017 for W. by S.I. 2017/564, art. 2(b)
I5Sch. 2 para. 9(4) in force at 10.4.2017 for W. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/564, art. 3(c)
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