Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002: Section 8

The full text of the Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002 is available via this link to the Office of Public Sector Information. The part of the Act most directly relevant to the Management Plan is Section eight, which is reproduced below.


8 General duty of Council and Commission

  1. The Council and the Commission shall each have a duty to use their reasonable endeavours to exercise their functions in a manner which -
    1. restores and conserves the Common as a peaceful place of natural beauty and, in particular, conserves its flora and fauna and ecological, archeological, geological and physiographical features;
    2. conserves any part of the Common which is a site of special scientific interest as such a site; and
    3. subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) above -
      1. promotes and improves grazing on the Common;
      2. promotes educational activities related to the Common and, in particular, encourages public awareness of the ecological, cultural and historic significance of the Common and any additional open space;
      3. manages the Common and any additional open space as a place open to the public for recreational purposes; and
      4. facilitates the exercise of commoners' rights on the Common.
  2. Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the Council and the Commission shall each have a duty to exercise their functions in a manner which implements the policy set out in the Management Plan.
  3. In subsection (2) above "Management Plan" means the Greenham and Crookham Common Management Plan adopted under section 9 (Greenham and Crookham Common Management Plan) below as for the time being in force.