The Bodmin Moor Commons Council Establishment Order 2015

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 2006 Act” means the Commons Act 2006;

“active grazier” means—

(a)

in relation to the election and appointment of the first members of the Council, a commoner named in the list compiled under paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 2;

(b)

in relation to subsequent elections and appointments, a commoner who is registered under article 8(1)(a), or pursuant to an application under article 8(2), in the register maintained by the Council under article 8(1);

“the appointed day” means 1st March 2016;

“commoner” has the meaning it is given in the Standard Constitution;

“the Commons” means all those areas of registered common land, within the area known as Bodmin Moor in the county of Cornwall, that are listed in Schedule 1 against the name of the Section in which they are respectively situated;

“the Council” means the Bodmin Moor Commons Council established by article 3;

“owner”, in relation to the Commons, means a person holding the estate of fee simple in the land in which the Commons or any part of the Commons is situated, and any reference to owning, or ownership of, the Commons is to be construed accordingly;

“Section” means one of the eight sub-divisions of Bodmin Moor, those sub-divisions being Blisland, Hamatethy, Davidstow, Westmoor, East Moor, St Cleer & District, Warleggan and Cardinham;

“Section-Group” means any one of the following four groupings of the Sections—

(a)

Blisland and Hamatethy;

(b)

Davidstow, Westmoor and East Moor;

(c)

St Cleer & District;

(d)

Warleggan and Cardinham;

“the Standard Constitution” means the constitution in the Schedule to the Commons Councils (Standard Constitution) (England) Regulations 2010(1).

(1)

S.I. 2010/1204.