The New Forest (Confirmation of Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

By this Order the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food confirms byelaws made by the Verderers of the New Forest, and brings them into force on

The byelaws amend the principal byelaws of 1978 by—

(a) providing a new definition of “commoner” in byelaw 1(1);

(b) deleting from byelaw 1(1) the superfluous definition of “licence”;

(c) providing a new byelaw 4 to limit the right to depasture animals in the Forest to commoners and holders of an appropriate licence;

(d) making consequential amendments to byelaw 5 as a result of the new definition of “commoner”;

(e) extending the scope of byelaws 6(1), 7(1), 8, 16 and 17 (which place restrictions on the depasturing of animals in the Forest) to cover those situations where animals are caused or allowed to roam at large;

(f) extending byelaw 19 (which prohibits commoners from placing feedstuffs in the Forest except in approved places) to apply to such acts by any person; and

(g) modifying the provisions in byelaw 23(1) relating to the Verderers' powers to require the removal from the Forest of animals when certain specified offences have been committed.