EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings sections 26 to 37 of the Commons Act 2006 into force in relation to England on 20th January 2010. Those sections comprise Part 2 of the Act, and allow for the management of registered common land, or of a registered town or village green that is subject to rights of common, by a commons council.
The sections being commenced provide for the establishment of commons councils, their status and constitution, and their functions, together with supplementary provisions.
Further information on the effect of these provisions may be found in the Explanatory Notes to the Act.