SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Miscellaneous statutory functions of National Park authorities

Common land etc.

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1

The enactments specified in sub-paragraph (2) below shall have effect in relation to any registered common which—

a

is within any National Park for which a National Park authority is the local planning authority, and

b

is not owned by, or vested in, any other body which is a local authority,

as if the National Park authority were a local authority for the purposes of those enactments and as if the relevant Park were that authority’s area.

2

The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above are—

a

section 1 of the M1Commons Act 1899 (scheme for regulation);

F2b

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c

section 23 of and Schedule 2 to the M2Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (power of district council to prohibit caravans on commons) F1or section 57 of and Schedule 3 to the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (power of local authority in Wales to prohibit caravans on commons) ; and

d

F4section 45 of the Commons Act 2006 (protection of unclaimed common land).

3

In the M3Commons Act 1899 references to the council by which a scheme is made under section 1 of that Act shall be construed accordingly; and the powers conferred by sections 7 and 12 of that Act (acquisition of land and contributions to expenses) shall be exercisable by a National Park authority in relation to the relevant Park as they are exercisable by a district council in relation to their district.

4

A National Park authority shall have the same power to make an application under section 18 of the M4Commons Act 1899 (modification of provisions for recreation grounds) as a local authority.

5

References in this paragraph, in relation to an enactment specified in sub-paragraph (2) above or to any enactment contained in section 18 of the Commons Act 1899, to a local authority are references to any such local authority, within the M5meaning of the 1972 Act, as has functions conferred on it by or by virtue of that enactment.

6

In this paragraph “registered common” means any land registered as common land or as a town or village green under F3Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006.