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Commons Act 2006 Explanatory Notes

Section 47 Approvement

219.The Commons Act 1285 conferred statutory powers on landowners to inclose land surplus to the needs of commoners (a process known as approvement). This power is thought to be obsolete and subsection (1) repeals the Act. Subsection (2) abolishes any power of approvement at common law which may subsist alongside the 1285 Act.

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