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Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1553

COMMONS, ENGLAND

The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2007

Made

27th May 2007

Laid before Parliament

30th May 2007

Coming into force

31st May 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(1) of the Commons Registration Act 1965(1) and now vested in him(2), makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 31st May 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

Revocation

2.  The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007(3) are revoked.

Ian Pearson

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

27th May 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007. The latter Regulations would have revoked on 1st June 2007, in relation to England, provisions of the Commons Registration (General) Regulations 1966 relating to official searches of the commons registers and certificates of search. Those provisions will instead now remain in force.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1965 c.64. See section 22(1) for the definitions of “the Minister” and “prescribed”.

(2)

The functions of the Minister in relation to England were transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government by article 2(5) of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (Dissolution) Order 1967 (S.I. 1967/156). The functions of the Minister of Housing and Local Government were transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(1) of the Secretary of State for Environment Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/1681).