This document establishes the formal legal framework and procedural requirements for the registration of common land and town or village greens in Great Britain. The text provides the statutory instruments enacted by the government to clarify the administration of the Commons Registration Act 1965. It outlines the specific duties of registration authorities and the rights of interested parties regarding land status.

Legal professionals and land historians utilize this text as a foundational reference for understanding the administrative history of British land law. Readers frequently note the technical density of the prose, which is characteristic of statutory instruments from this period.