The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) and Dedicated Highways (Landowner Statements and Declarations) (England) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Dedicated Highways (Registers under Section 31A of the Highways Act 1980) (England) Regulations 2007

8.—(1) The Dedicated Highways (Registers under Section 31A of the Highways Act 1980) (England) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2, after the definition of “the register”, add the following definition—

““relevant office” means

(a)

where the appropriate council has specified an office for the purpose of these Regulations on that council’s website(2), the address so specified;

(b)

otherwise, the principal office of the appropriate council.”

(3) In regulations 3(1)(b), (3), 4(3)(b)(ii) and 5, omit “statutory”, in each place occurring.

(4) In regulation 3(3)(c), for the words “ten-year period in question with respect to the statutory declaration” substitute “twenty-year period within which a subsequent declaration may be lodged”.

(5) In regulation 3(5) of the 2007 Regulations, for “ten-year period means the period of ten years” substitute “twenty-year period means the period of twenty years”.

(6) In regulation 4(2), (4)(b) and (5), for “principal office” substitute “relevant office”, in each place occurring.

(1)

SI 2007/2334.

(2)

A person without access to the internet can contact the appropriate council by telephone to determine what the relevant office is.