The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976

Commons

25.—(1) Any agreement under section 2(2) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (one council to be registration authority for land which spans the boundaries of counties or Greater London) which is in force immediately before the appointed day in relation to any common affected by the changes of areas effected by the order shall cease to have effect, without prejudice to the making of a new agreement under the said subsection.

(2) Where any common regulated by a scheme under the Commons Act 1899 is transferred from one district or London borough to another such area, any functions under the scheme of the council of the district or London borough from which the common is transferred shall be exercised by the council of the district or London borough to which the common is transferred.

(3) Where any common so regulated—

(a) is immediately before the appointed day comprised in a single district or London borough; and

(b) comes on the appointed day to be comprised in two or more districts or London boroughs,

any functions under the scheme of the council of the area described in (a) shall be exercised by the council of the area described in (b) in which the greater part of the common is situated unless all such councils agree that they shall be exercised by the council of any other such area.