It implements[3] recommendations contained in the Common Land Policy Statement 2002.

[4] The Act sets out the provision for designation of town or village greens.

No land within the limits of land to be acquired or used shown on the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purpose of the River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011 (SI 2011/41),[6] or on the plans and sections certified by the Secretary of State under article 47 of the Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Second City Crossing) Order 2013 (SI 2013/2587) as the works and land plans for the purposes of that Order,[7] may be the subject of an application under section 15 of the Commons Act 2006.

The words "Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated" were substituted for the words "Church Commissioners" in section 24(9) by section 11 of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010 (No.

The words "in whose area the land is situated" in section 41(1) were repealed by paragraph 70 of schedule 9 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

The words "Welsh Ministers" were substituted for the words "National Assembly for Wales" in the definition of "appropriate national authority" in section 61(1) by paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Planning (Wales) Act 2015.

Paragraphs 7A to 7D in the Table were inserted by article 3(4) of the Commons (Town and Village Greens) (Trigger and Terminating Events) Order 2014 (SI 2014/257).

Paragraph 10 in the Table was inserted by article 3(5) of the Commons (Town and Village Greens) (Trigger and Terminating Events) Order 2014.

Paragraphs 3 to 6 of the Notes to the Table were inserted by article 3(7) of the Commons (Town and Village Greens) (Trigger and Terminating Events) Order 2014.

Paragraph 5, and the preceding cross heading, were repealed by section 52 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Church Property Measure 2018.