Commons Act 2006

Commons Act 2006
Act of Parliament
	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
Dates
Royal assent	19 July 2006
Commencement	various
Other legislation
Amends	Gifts for Churches Act 1811; Schools Sites Act 1841; Inclosure Act 1845; Inclosure Act 1847; Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854; Inclosure Act 1857; Metropolitan Commons Act 1866; Commons Act 1876; Metropolitan Commons Act 1878; Commons Act 1899; Law of Property Act 1925; New Parishes Measure 1943; Countryside Act 1968; Animals Act 1971; Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993; Environment Act 1995; Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; Land Registration Act 2002; Constitutional Reform Act 2005;
Repeals/revokes	Commons Act 1285; Commons Registration Act 1965;
Amended by	Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010; Crime and Courts Act 2013; Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013; Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013; Commons (Town and Village Greens) (Trigger and Terminating Events) Order 2014; Planning (Wales) Act 2015; Housing and Planning Act 2016; Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Permission in Principle etc) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2017; Church Property Measure 2018; Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023; Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025;
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Commons Act 2006 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

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

The act sets out the provision for designation of town or village greens.