Commencement Dates
336.Part 1 of the Act will come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations made by statutory instrument, except that powers in that Part to make regulations will come into force on the day on which the Act is passed.
337.Part 2 of the Act will come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations made by statutory instrument.
338.Part 3 of the Act will come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day on which the Act is passed.
339.Part 4 of the Act will come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations made by statutory instrument, so far as it relates to England, and on such day as the Welsh Ministers may appoint by regulations made by statutory instrument, so far as it relates to Wales.
340.As regards Part 5 of the Act, certain provisions (section 29 which confers a power to make provision by development order under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 33, section 28 in so far as it confers power to make regulations, and section 30 and Schedule 4 in so far as they confer power to make provision by regulations or by development order) will come into force on the day on which the Act is passed, certain provisions (sections 28 and 30 and Schedule 4 for other purposes, and sections 26, 27 and 37) will come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations made by statutory instrument, and certain provisions (sections 31, 32 and 34 to 36 and Schedule 5) will come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day on which the Act is passed (subject to Part 4 of Schedule 5 as regards section 34 and Schedule 5).
341.As regards Part 6 of the Act, certain provisions (sections 51 and 53) will come into force on the day on which the Act is passed, certain provisions (sections 41, 42, 50 and 52 and Schedule 7) will come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations made by statutory instrument, certain provisions (sections 40 and 43 to 49) will come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day on which the Act is passed and certain provisions (sections 38 and 39 and Schedule 6) will come into force on 1 June 2016.
342.Part 7 of the Act will come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day on which the Act is passed. Her Majesty’s Treasury will then start the process of statutory consultation and introduce secondary legislation at an appropriate time in the future as set out in the Public Bodies Act 2011.
343.Part 8 of the Act will come into force on the day on which the Act is passed.
344.Regulations which are made to appoint a day on which provisions in the Act are to come into force may appoint different days for different purposes or areas.