Moved by
Baroness Byford
40A: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—
“Registration of town or village green: reduction of period under section 15(3)(c)
(1) Section 15 of the Commons Act 2006 (registration of greens) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3), in paragraph (c), for the words from “the period” to the end of the paragraph substitute “the relevant period”.
(3) After that subsection insert—
“(3A) In subsection (3), “the relevant period” means—
(a) in the case of an application relating to land in England, the period of one year beginning with the cessation mentioned in subsection (3)(b);
(b) in the case of an application relating to land in Wales, the period of two years beginning with that cessation.””