Commons Management Act 1989
56Power of a member of a trust board etc to remove persons from the common
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56 Power of a member of a trust board etc to remove persons from the common
56 Power of a member of a trust board etc to remove persons from the common
(1) A member of a trust board or of a local authority that is managing a trust’s affairs, or an employee of the trust or local authority authorised by the trust, may remove from the common for which the trust is established:
(a) any person on the common who is not authorised to be there, or
(b) any person who is apparently contravening a provision of this Act that is applicable to the common, or
(c) any person who is apparently contravening a by-law that is so applicable, or
(d) any person who, by disorderly conduct, is apparently annoying or causing inconvenience to commoners and persons lawfully using the common.
(2) A member of the Police Force may assist in the removal of a person under subsection (1).