The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) and Dedicated Highways (Landowner Statements and Declarations) (England) Regulations 2013

Making an application

2.—(1) This regulation applies to any application made on or after 1st October 2013—

(a) to deposit a statement and map under section 31(6) of the 1980 Act;

(b) to lodge a declaration under section 31(6) of the 1980 Act;

(c) to deposit a statement under section 15A(1) of the 2006 Act.

(2) An application under paragraph (1) must—

(a) be made in the form set out in Schedule 1 or in a form substantially to the same effect, with such insertions or omissions as are necessary in any particular case;

(b) be signed by, or by a duly authorised representative of, every owner of land to which the application relates who is an individual, and by the secretary or some other duly authorised officer of every owner of land to which the application relates which is a body corporate or an unincorporated association;

(c) be accompanied by an Ordnance Map, at a scale of not less than 1:10,560 showing the boundary of the land to which the application relates in coloured edging or, in respect of declarations under section 31(6) of the 1980 Act or statements under section 15A(1) of the 2006 Act, refer to a map previously deposited in accordance with these Regulations or a map deposited in accordance with section 31(6) of the 1980 Act before 1st October 2013;

(d) be accompanied by such reasonable fee (if any) specified by the appropriate authority for an application of that type.

(3) Where an application in the form required under paragraph (2) is to be signed by a person who is unable to read or sign the document, it must be supported by a certificate made by an authorised person.

(4) The authorised person must certify—

(a) that the application has been read to the person (“A”) signing it;

(b) that A appeared to understand it and approved its content as accurate;

(c) that the statement of truth in Part F of the application has been read to A;

(d) that A appeared to understand the statement and the consequences of making a false statement; and

(e) that A signed or made their mark in the presence of the authorised person.