The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 2260

COMMONS, ENGLAND

The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

Made

3rd September 2003

Laid before Parliament

3rd September 2003

Coming into force

1st October 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(1)(a) and (d) of the Commons Registration Act 1965(1), and now vested in her(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003, shall apply in relation to England only and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

2.  The Commons Registration (General) Regulations 1966(3) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in Form 21 in Schedule 1 (Forms), for the amounts “£6.00”, “50p” and “£10”, shown under the heading “FEES”, there shall be substituted the amounts “£14.00”, “£1.00” and “£20.00” respectively; and

(b) in Schedule 3 (Fees for Searches, etc.)—

(i) in the first column, for the words “ten pounds”, there shall be substituted the words “twenty pounds”; and

(ii) in the second column, for the amounts “£6.00” and “50p” there shall be substituted the amounts “£14.00” and “£1.00” respectively.

Alun Michael

Minister of State,

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

3rd September 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide, in relation to England only, for an increase of fees prescribed in the Commons Registration (General) Regulations 1966 (and previously increased by S.I. 1980/1195 and S.I. 1989/2167) for searches of the registers of common land and town or village greens. They also amend Form 21, which must be used to apply for searches of the registers.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment in respect of these Regulations has been produced and a copy placed in the Library of both Houses of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Common Land Branch, Zone 1/05 Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB, by telephone [phone]), by e-mail ([e-mail]), or by visiting the Department’s website (www.defra.gov.uk).

(1)

1965 c. 64. See section 22(1) for the definitions of “the Minister” and “prescribed”.

(2)

The functions of the Minister in relation to England were transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government by article 2(5) of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (Dissolution) Order 1967 (S.I. 1967/156). The functions of the Minister of Housing and Local Government were transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(1) of the Secretary of State for Environment Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/1681).

(3)

S.I. 1966/1471; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1989/2167.