Part 1Registration

Registration of rights of common

13Surrender and extinguishment

(1)

The surrender to any extent of a right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens—

(a)

only has effect if it complies with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide; and

(b)

does not operate at law until, on an application under this section, the right is removed from the register.

(2)

The reference in subsection (1) to a surrender of a right of common does not include a disposition having the effect referred to in section 7(1)(a).

(3)

A right of common which is registered in a register of common land or town or village greens cannot be extinguished by operation of common law.