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    Commons Act 2006

    2006 CHAPTER 26

    Commentary on Sections

    Part 2: Management

    Commons councils

    Section 26 Establishment

    153.Section 26 provides a power for the appropriate national authority, by order, to establish commons councils in relation to land registered as common land. The power can also be exercised in relation to land registered as a town or village green where the land is subject to rights of common, although it is expected that the power is likely to be exercised where such land is contiguous with neighbouring registered common land. A commons council is a body corporate: that is, the council has its own corporate status apart from its members and officers.

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