Commons Act 1876

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Short title

3. PART I Law as to the Regulations and Inclosure of Commons

   1. Applications in relation to Commons

      1. 2. Alternative provisional order for regulation or inclosure of commons

      2. 3. "Regulation of common" includes adjustment of rights and improvement

      3. 4. Explanation of adjustment of rights

      4. 5. Explanation of improvement

      5. 6. Meaning of provisional order for inclosure of common

      6. 7. Provisions for the benefit of a neighbourhood applicable alike to orders for regulation and orders for inclosure

   2. Suburban Commons

      1. 8. Sanitary authorities to be represented in the case of commons in the neighbourhood of towns

   3. Procedure

      1. 9. Issue of forms by Commissioners

      2. 10. Rules as to application to Commissioners

      3. 11. Rules as to local inquiry

      4. 12. Rules as to provisional orders

      5. 13. Partial application of procedure under Inclosure Acts

      6. 14. Power to raise money for improvement of common

   4. Supplemental Provisions

      1. 15. Owners may make byelaws

      2. 16. Provision as to byelaws

      3. 17. Notice of application for confirmation of byelaws

      4. 18. Provision as to certain expenses under order for regulation of a common

      5. 19. Definition of power of Charity Commissioners in certain cases

      6. 20. Gravel digging

4. PART II Amendment of the Inclosure Acts

   1. Field Gardens and Recreation Grounds

      1. 21. Expenses of clearing, draining, and fencing field gardens

      2. 22. Substituted allotments for recreation grounds and field gardens

      3. 23. Situation of allotments for recreation grounds and field gardens

      4. 24. Field gardens to be free of rentcharge

      5. 25. Allotments for recreation grounds to be vested in churchwardens and overseers

      6. 26. Amendment of law as to letting field gardens

      7. 27. Application of surplus rents of recreation grounds and field gardens

      8. 28. Reports to be made by managers of recreation grounds and field gardens

      9. 29. Amendment of law as to town and village greens

      10. 30. Jurisdiction of county court in respect of illegal inclosures

      11. 31. Three months notice of claim to inclose to be given in the local papers

      12. 32. Appointment of valuer to be confirmed by Commissioners

   2. General Amendment

      1. 33. Extension of sec. 105 of the Inclosure Act, 1845, as to exchanges and partitions

5. PART III

   1. Miscellaneous

      1. 34. Repeal of Certain parts of the Inclosure Act, 1845, and amendment of law as to reports

      2. 35. Act not to apply to metropolitan commons

      3. 36. A common regulated under Act not to be inclosed without sanction of Parliament

   2. Definitions

      1. 37. Definition

6. 1. SCHEDULE