The Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Regulations 1990

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“the 1965 Act” means the Commons Registration Act 1965;

“the 1989 Act” means the Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Act 1989;

“the 1971 Regulations” means the Commons Commissioners Regulations 1971(1);

“the Chief Commissioner” means the Chief Commons Commissioner, or the Commissioner appointed under section 17(3) of the 1965 Act to act for the time being in his stead;

“the General Regulations” means the Commons Registration (General) Regulations 1966(2);

“the Clerk” means the Clerk for the time being to the Commons Commissioners;

“concerned authority” means a local authority (other than the registration authority) or a National Park Authority whose area includes any part of the land to which the objection relates;

“Form” followed by a number means the form so numbered in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, or a form to substantially the same effect;

“local authority” means the council of a county, a London Borough, a district, and a parish or community council;

“objection” means a notice of objection under the 1989 Act to the inclusion of land on a register, and “objector” shall be construed accordingly;

“registration” means a registration of land as common land or town or village green under section 4 of the 1965 Act, and “registered” shall be construed accordingly;

“registration authority” means the registration authority for the purposes of the 1965 Act; and

“register unit” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 10 of the General Regulations.

(2) A requirement to publish a notice or other document is a requirement to cause it to be published in a newspaper circulating in the area of the land affected by the objection to which that notice or document relates.

(3) A requirement to display a notice or other document or copies thereof is a requirement to treat it for the purposes of section 232 (public notices) of the Local Government Act 1972(3) as if it were a public notice within that section.

(1)

S.I. 1971/1727

(2)

S.I. 196611471, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

1972 c. 70