Written question asked by Mary Creagh (Labour) on Monday, 21 November 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 November 2011. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Monday, 28 November 2011 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Commons Act 2006

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to extend the provisions of part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 beyond the seven pilot areas.

Answer: I have provisionally agreed a further implementation of provisions in part 1 of the Commons Act 2006, subject to further analysis of costs and benefits. Our provisional intention is two-fold: firstly, to fully implement part 1 in a further small number of volunteer local authorities from April 2013; secondly, to commence throughout England those provisions that allow for the correction of wrongly registered land. This second element would bring into force section 19 of the Commons Act 2006 and paragraphs 5-9 of schedule 2 to the Act, and would commence in April or October 2013. I expect to formally announce our plans early next year, in light of the further work on costs and benefits.

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