Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988

Common Land

38 (1) In relation to any registered common within the Broads which is not owned by, or vested in, a local authority and which is not a staithe, the Authority shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of the following enactments—

(a) section 1 of the [1899 c. 30.] Commons Act 1899 (scheme for regulation);

(b) section 194(2) of the [1925 c. 20.] Law of Property Act 1925 (application for removal of works);

(c) section 23 of the [1960 c. 62.] Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (power of district council to prohibit caravans on commons); and

(d) section 9 of the [1965 c. 64.] Commons Registration Act 1965 (protection of unclaimed common land).

(2) No local authority shall exercise any of its functions under the enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, in relation to any staithe which is within the Broads and which is registered as a common, except jointly with the Authority or with the Authority’s consent.