Editing Ashdown Forest (section)

===Formation of the Board of Conservators{{anchor|Commons Regulation (Ashdown Forest) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1885|Ashdown Forest Act 1937|Ashdown Forest Act 1949|Ashdown Forest Act 1974}}===
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Commons Regulation (Ashdown Forest) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1885
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of Ashdown Forest, situate in the parishes of East Grinstead, Hartfield, Withyham, Buxted, Maresfield, and Fletching, in the county of Sussex, in pursuance of a report of the Land Commissioners for England.
| year                  = 1885
| citation              = [[48 & 49 Vict.]] c.lvi
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| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 16 July 1885
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| expiry_date           = 
| repeal_date           = 
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| replaces              = 
| amendments            = Ashdown Forest Act 1949
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| status                = amended
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| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/48-49/56/pdfs/ukla_18850056_en.pdf
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Ashdown Forest Act 1937
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to alter the constitution of the Conservators of Ashdown Forest to confer further powers upon the said Conservators and to provide for contributions towards their expenses by certain authorities and for other purposes.
| year                  = 1937
| citation              = [[1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6]]. c. lii
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| introduced_lords      = 
| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 1 July 1937
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           = 
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = Ashdown Forest Act 1974
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| status                = repealed
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| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Edw8and1Geo6/1/52/pdfs/ukla_19370052_en.pdf
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Ashdown Forest Act 1949
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to provide for the vesting in the Secretary of State for War of certain lands in the county of Sussex forming part of Ashdown Forest and for the acquisition and addition to the forest of other lands in exchange therefor to make provision for the use of the forest for the purposes of military training and for other purposes.
| year                  = 1949
| citation              = [[12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6]]. c. xlvii
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| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 30 July 1949
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           = 
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = Ashdown Forest Act 1974
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| status                = repealed
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| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo6/12-13-14/47/pdfs/ukla_19490047_en.pdf
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Ashdown Forest Act 1974
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to alter the constitution of, and to incorporate, the Conservators of Ashdown Forest; to alter the arrangements for meeting the expenses of the Conservators; to amend or repeal enactments relating to the Conservators and the forest and to confer further powers upon the Conservators; and for other purposes.
| year                  = 1974
| citation              = [[List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974|1974]] c. xxi
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| introduced_lords      = 
| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 31 July 1974
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| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = {{ubli|Ashdown Forest Act 1937|Ashdown Forest Act 1949}}
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| status                = current
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| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1974/21/pdfs/ukla_19740021_en.pdf
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Following the conclusion of the Ashdown Forest case, a board of [[conservators]] was established by act of Parliament in 1885 to oversee the forest bye-laws, including the protection of commoner's rights. More acts of Parliament followed, which further refined the governance of the forest, culminating in the Ashdown Forest Act 1974.