Commons Act 1908
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1908 c. 44 |
| Year | 1908 |
Commons Act, 1908.
(8 Edw. 7.) CHAPTER 44.
An Act to regulate the turning out upon Commons of Entire Animals.
[21st December 1908]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Power of making regulations as to the turning out of entire animals on commons.
(1) The persons for the time being entitled to turn out animals on a common at a meeting convened in manner provided by this Act may, by a resolution passed by a majority in value of interest of the persons present by themselves or by their proxy or attorney,—
(a ) Make, alter, or revoke regulations for determining the times, if any, at which and the conditions under which entire animals or entire animals of any class or description or age specified in the regulation may be upon the common, and for authorising the removal by an officer appointed to enforce the regulations of any animal found upon the common in contravention of the regulations, and the detention and disposal of any animal so removed, and for raising such sums as may be necessary for defraying expenses incurred in making, publishing, or enforcing the regulations, either by annual contributions payable by the persons for the time being entitled to turn out animals on the common, or by way of an annual payment in respect of each animal turned out on the common, and for prescribing the person to receive or sue for such payments;
(b ) Appoint and remove, or provide for the appointment and removal of, officers to enforce any such regulations;
(c ) Constitute and regulate the constitution of a committee consisting of persons entitled to turn out animals on the common, and delegate to the committee such of the powers exerciseable by resolution under this Act as may be specified in the resolution;
but no such regulations and no alteration or revocation thereof shall take effect unless and until they have been confirmed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Board may confirm them either without modification or subject to such modifications as the Board, after considering any objections by persons appearing to the Board to be interested, consider desirable.
(2) The owner of any animal which is found on any common in contravention of a regulation made under...
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