Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002

24 Procedure for making regulations

(1) Sections 236 and 238 of the 1972 Act (which respectively relate to the procedure for making byelaws by local authorities and provide for the proof of byelaws in legal proceedings) shall apply to regulations made by the Commission under this section as they apply to byelaws made by a district council, as if—

(a) references to byelaws were references to regulations under this section;

(b) references to a district council were references to the Commission;

(c) references to the area to which the byelaws are to apply were references to the Common and any other land to which the regulations apply; and

(d) references to the proper officer of a district council were references to a person appointed for that purpose by the Commission;

and the confirming authority for the purposes of section 236 of that Act shall be the Secretary of State.

(2) Not less than 42 days before making application to the Secretary of State for confirmation of regulations under this section, the Commission shall serve a copy of the regulations and of this section on every commoner registered on the register.

(3) If any written representations are served on the Commission by any such commoner before the expiry of the period of 42 days beginning with the date of the service of the notice, and not withdrawn, the Commission shall send a copy of the representations to the Secretary of State with the application for confirmation of the regulations.

(4) The Secretary of State shall take account of any such representations in deciding whether to confirm the regulations.