Monken Hadley Common Act 2022

11 Procedure for making regulations

(1) Section 236 (except subsection (2)) and section 238 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which respectively relate to the procedure for making byelaws by local authorities and provide for the proof of byelaws in legal proceedings) shall apply to regulations made by the Trust under section 10 as they apply to byelaws made by a district council, as if—

(a) references to byelaws were references to regulations under section 10;

(b) references to a district council were references to the Trust;

(c) references to the area to which the byelaws are to apply were references to the Common;

(d) references to the making of byelaws under the common seal of a district council were references to the making of regulations under the hand of two persons appointed for that purpose by the Trust;

(e) references to the offices of a district council were references to the offices of the Trust or (if there are no such offices) the address of a person nominated by the Trust;

(f) references to the proper officer of a district council were references to a person appointed for that purpose by the Trust;

(g) there was an additional requirement to publish a copy of the regulations on the Trust's website in every case where there is a requirement to deposit one at the offices of a district council.

(2) The confirming authority for the purposes of section 236 is the Secretary of State.