Commons Registration (Publicity) Regulations 1966
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1966/972 |
| Year | 1966 |
1966 No. 972
COMMON, ENGLAND
The Commons Registration (Publicity) Regulations 196629thJuly 1966
10thAugust 1966
1stOctober 1966
The Minister of Land and Natural Resources in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4(7) and 19 of the Commons Registration Act 1965(a), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—
Title and commencement
1. These regulations may be cited as the Commons Registration (Publicity) Regulations 1966 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1966.
Interpretation
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) applies for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
"the Act" means the Commons Registration Act 1965;
"Form" means one of the forms in the Schedule to these regulations, or a form to substantially the same effect;
"registration area" means the land in relation to which a local authority is the registration authority.
(3) A requirement or permission to publish a document in any area is a requirement or permission to cause it to be published in a newspaper circulating in that area, with, in the case of a requirement or permission to publish more than once, an interval of at least seven days between each publication.
(4) A requirement to display a document or copies thereof is a requirement to treat it, for the purposes of section 287 of the Local Government Act 1933(c) (public notices), as if it were a public notice within that section.
(5) Where the day or the last day on which anything is required or permitted by or in pursuance of these regulations to be done is a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank holiday or a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning, the requirement or permission shall be deemed to relate to the first day thereafter which is not one of the days before-mentioned.
(a) 1965 c. 64.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(c) 1933 c. 51.
Information about the start of registration
3.—(1) Not later than 30th November 1966 every registration authority shall publish at least twice in its area, and shall display, and every registration authority which is not the council of a county borough shall send to every other local authority in its area, a notice in Form E.
(2) Every local authority receiving a Form E notice under this regulation shall display copies thereof.
Information about alterations in registration areas
4.—(1)...
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