Commons Act 2006

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8(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 that 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)on the date of the provisional registration the land was covered by a building or was within the curtilage of a building;

(c)the provisional registration became final; and

(d)since the date of the provisional registration the land has at all times been, and still is, covered by a building or within the curtilage of a building.

(3)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.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 8 partly in force; Sch. 2 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 56(1); Sch. 2 para. 8(3) in force for certain purposes for W. at 12.8.2007 by S.I. 2007/2386, art. 2