The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4 and Savings) (England) Order 2008

Citation, interpretation and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4 and Savings) (England) Order 2008.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1965 Act” means the Commons Registration Act 1965(1);

“the 2006 Act” means the Commons Act 2006;

“the pilot areas” means the registration areas in England, as at 1st October 2008, of the commons registration authorities specified in the Schedule; and

“registration area”, in relation to a commons registration authority, means—

(a)

all the land within the area of that authority, except for any land for which another authority acts as the commons registration authority pursuant to an agreement made under section 2(2) of the 1965 Act or section 4(3) of the 2006 Act; and

(b)

any other land for which that authority acts as the commons registration authority pursuant to such an agreement.

(3) This Order applies in relation to England.

(1)

1965 c. 64.