{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016-commencement-no2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-regulations-2016/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016-commencement-no2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-regulations-2016/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/733",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No.2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016-commencement-no2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 13th July 2016",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 13th July 2016—\n(a) section 12 (self-build and custom housebuilding: further and consequential amendments);\n(b) section 66 (voluntary right to buy: monitoring compliance);\n(c) sections 143 and 144 (local planning);\n(d) section 150(4) and 150(5) (permission in principle for development of land) and Schedule 12, excluding paragraph 27;\n(e) section 152(2) to 152(4) (approval condition where development order grants permission for building);\n(f) section 154 (planning freedoms: right for local areas to request alterations to planning system);\n(g) sections 169 and 170 (new towns);\n(h) sections 172 to 179 (right to enter and survey land) and Schedule 14;\n(i) section 182 (time limits for notice to treat or general vesting declaration);\n(j) section 190 and Schedule 16 (abolition of alternative possession procedure following notice to treat);\n(k) section 201 (power to quash decision to confirm compulsory purchase order);\n(l) section 202 (extension of compulsory purchase time limit during challenge);\n(m) sections 203 to 206 (power to override easements and other rights) and Schedule 19 (amendments to do with sections 203 and 204).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 11.7.2016 at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/733/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:57.894491+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}