Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002

15 Power to make byelaws

(1) The Council may make and enforce byelaws for any of the following purposes—

(a) the conservation of the natural beauty of the Common and any additional open space;

(b) the preservation of order and the prevention of nuisances on that land;

(c) the good management of that land;

(d) to secure that persons on the land will so behave themselves as to avoid undue interference with the enjoyment of the land by other persons or the exercise of rights of common; and

(e) to secure public safety.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, byelaws under this section may—

(a) regulate or prohibit the lighting of fires;

(b) regulate or prohibit the use of the Common and any additional open space for any particular purpose;

(c) make provision for the control of dogs and other animals;

(d) make provision that a person contravening the byelaws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) Byelaws under this section—

(a) may relate to the whole or any part of the Common;

(b) may relate to specified additional open space or to all additional open space for the time being designated (whether before or after the making of the byelaws) under section 6 (Designation of additional open space) above (subject to such exceptions as may be specified); and

(c) may make different provision for different cases and in relation to different parts of such land.

(4) Before making any byelaws under this section the Council shall consult with the Commission and with any body appearing to them to be representative of persons who may be affected by the byelaws.

(5) Sections 236 and 238 of the 1972 Act (which respectively relate to the procedure for making byelaws and provide for the proof of byelaws in legal proceedings) shall apply to byelaws made under this section; and the confirming authority for the purposes of section 236 of that Act shall be the Secretary of State.

(6) The Council may appoint such number of persons as may appear to them to be necessary or expedient to act as rangers as respects the Common and any additional open space; and subsections (3) and (4) of section 92 of the 1949 Act (which confer certain powers on wardens for the enforcement of byelaws under that Act) shall apply in relation to rangers appointed under this section as they apply in relation to wardens appointed under that Act.