(1)An area of land set aside for common use shall be used and managed in accordance with the terms of a common land management scheme.

(2)A common land management scheme shall be made by an association, but it shall only come into effect when it is agreed to by the community on whose behalf the association holds land.

(3)A common land management scheme may extend to cover the use and management of more than one area of common land.

(4)A person who is not a member of the community may, with the agreement of the association, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, use common land in accordance with the terms of the common land management scheme applicable to that land.

(5)Where a common land management scheme is made in respect of land held by an association under freehold, all members of the community and persons referred to in subsection (4) shall be deemed to have the benefit and be subject to the burden of easements and rights in the nature of easements in respect of their use of the common land.

(6)The board may prepare and publish a model common land management scheme; and where a model scheme has been published, an association shall have regard to that scheme when it makes its own scheme.