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          <Strong>Part 5</Strong>
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or</Text></P4para></P4><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/1/c/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/1/c/ii" id="section-55-1-c-ii"><Pnumber>ii</Pnumber><P4para><Text>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of the common land;</Text></P4para></P4></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/1/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/1/d" id="section-55-1-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2" id="section-55-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In subsection (1),  “<Term id="term-common-land">common land</Term>” means—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2/a" id="section-55-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>any land registered as common land or as a town or village green;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2/b" id="section-55-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>any land referred to in section 5(2); and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/2/c" id="section-55-2-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>any land not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) which is subject to a scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (c. 122) or the Commons Act 1899 (c. 30).</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3" id="section-55-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A national authority may by order amend or repeal any provision of an Act made under the Commons Act 1876 (c. 56) confirming a provisional order of the Inclosure Commissioners for any of the following purposes—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/a" id="section-55-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to remove any function of the national authority which relates to land to which the Act applies;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/b" id="section-55-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to transfer such a function from the national authority to another person;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/c" id="section-55-3-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to remove a requirement that the national authority be consulted, or that its consent be obtained, in respect of—</Text><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/c/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/c/i" id="section-55-3-c-i"><Pnumber>i</Pnumber><P4para><Text>any act or omission relating to land to which the Act applies; or</Text></P4para></P4><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/c/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/c/ii" id="section-55-3-c-ii"><Pnumber>ii</Pnumber><P4para><Text>any act or omission of a person concerned with the management of such land;</Text></P4para></P4></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/3/d" id="section-55-3-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to substitute for a requirement referred to in paragraph (c) a requirement that a person other than the national authority be consulted, or his consent obtained, in relation to the act or omission.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/4" id="section-55-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section  “<Term id="term-national-authority">national authority</Term>” means—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/26/section/55/4/a" id="section-55-4-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the Secretary of State; 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