Commons Act 2006

Commons Act 2006 ^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about common land and town or village greens; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2006 c. 26
Territorial extent	England and Wales [2]
Dates
Royal assent	19 July 2006
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Commons Act 1285
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Commons Act 2006 (c. 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implements ^[3] recommendations contained in the Common Land Policy Statement 2002. ^[4]

The Act sets out the provision for designation of town or village greens. ^[5]

Provisions

The act prevents the reregistration of common, where a landowner buys out the common right-holders' rights, unless the landowner can provide an equally good or better piece of land. ^[6]

The act provides commons with further protections relating to over-grazing, abuse, encroachment and unauthorised development. ^[7]

The act establishes statutory associations with the powers to regulate grazing and other agricultural activities. ^[8]

Section 56 - Commencement

The following orders have been made under this section:

• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (England) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2504 (C. 84))
• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (England) Order 2007 (SI 2007/456 (C. 17))
• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (England) Order 2007 (SI 2007/2584 (C. 98))
• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4 and Savings) (England) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1960 (C. 94))
• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) (England) Order 2010 (SI 2006/61 (C. 10))
• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) (England) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2460 (C. 88))
• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings (England and Wales) and Commencement No. 5 (England) (Amendment)) Order 2010 (SI 2010/2356 (C. 114))
• The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Wales) Order 2007 (SI 2007/2386 (W. 197) (C. 88))

See also

• Commons Act
• Commons Registration Act 1965
• Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

References

• Macgregor (ed). "Commons Act 2006". Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales. Fourth Edition. 2009 Reissue. Title "Land, Tenancies and Housing". Volume 24.

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 62 of this Act.
2. Commons Act 2006, section 63
3. Explanatory notes, paragraph 22
4. Defra. Common Land Policy Statement 2002 Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine . July 2002.
5. Halsbury's Laws of England , volume 78: "Registration of a green under the Commons Act 2006", paragraph 324 (5th edition)
6. Wheeler, Brian (1 July 2005). "Finding common ground?" . Retrieved 27 January 2026.
7. "Commons Bill". BBC News. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
8. "Yesterday in parliament". The Guardian. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2026.

External links

• The Commons Act 2006, as amended from the National Archives. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
• The Commons Act 2006, as originally enacted from the National Archives. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
• Explanatory notes to the Commons Act 2006.