Open Spaces Act 1906

Open Spaces Act 1906^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate Enactments relating to Open Spaces.
Citation	6 Edw. 7. c. 25
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Ireland;
Dates
Royal assent	4 August 1906
Commencement	1 January 1907
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1927; Parish Councils Act 1957; Charities Act 1960; London Government Act 1963; Charities Act 1993; Charities Act 2006; Charities Act 2011;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Open Spaces Act 1906 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Open Spaces Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 25) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to open spaces in England and Wales and Ireland.

Provisions

Section 23 of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.^[1]

Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
40 & 41 Vict. c. 35	Metropolitan Open Spaces Act 1877	The whole act.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 34	Metropolitan Open Spaces Act 1881	The whole act.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 32	Open Spaces Act 1887	The whole act except the provisions of section four amending the Disused Burial Grounds Act 1884.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 15	Open Spaces Act 1890	The whole act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 30	Commons Act 1899	Section seventeen.

The commencement provision (section 24) and the repeal schedule were themselves repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 42).^[2]

Section 7(3) of the act was repealed, and the act was extended, by section 8(1) of, and schedule 2 to, the Parish Councils Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 42).^[3]

The act was extended (except section 14) by section 58(1) of the London Government Act 1963 (c. 33).^[4]

References in the act to charity law have been updated on several occasions, including by the Charities Act 1960, the Charities Act 1993, the Charities Act 2006, and the Charities Act 2011.

Text of the Open Spaces Act 1906 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Text of the Open Spaces Act 1906 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.