This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State appoints by regulations, subject to subsection (3).
Regulations under subsection (1) may appoint different days for different purposes or areas.
The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—
section 2, for the purposes only of enabling the Secretary of State to make provision by development order under paragraph 8(6) of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
sections 4, 9, 12 and 13 and Schedule 1, to the extent that they confer power on the Secretary of State to make regulations;
section 15;
section 17;
section 42;
this Part.
The Secretary of State may by regulations make such transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.