The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2006] 2 AC 674
House of Lords
Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council and another
[2006] UKHL 25
2006 March 27,
28,
29,
30 April 3;
May 24
May 24
Lord Hoffmann, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe and Baroness Hale of Richmond
Commons
— Town or village green
— Registration
— Land used by local inhabitants for sport and recreation for more than 20 years
— Whether requirement for use to continue until date of registration
— Whether registration conferring rights of user on inhabitants
— Whether bringing land within scope of pre-existing legislation applicable to greens
— Whether permissible for registration authority to amend application for registration
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Commons Registration Act 1965 (c 64), ss. 13, 22 (as amended by Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c 37), s. 98)