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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2541",
  "legislation_title": "The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2006",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 1st October 2006—\nsection 1(4);\nsections 3 and 4;\nsections 6 to 8;\nsection 10;\nsection 11, so far as it has not already been commenced;\nsection 12;\nsection 15(1);\nsections 17 to 25 and Schedule 2;\nsections 26 to 28 and Schedule 3;\nsection 30;\nsections 31 to 39 and Schedule 4;\nsections 40 to 46;\nsections 48 to 51;\nsection 54 and 55;\nsection 58;\nsection 60;\nin section 61, subsection (6) and subsection (1) so far as it relates to that subsection;\nsections 62 to 65;\nsection 87 to 90 and Schedules 8 to 10;\nsections 91 to 97;\nsection 100;\nsection 101;\nsection 105(1), so far as it has not already been commenced, and the following paragraphs of Schedule 11—\nparagraphs 1 to 33;\nparagraph 34, so far as it has not already been commenced;\nparagraphs 35 to 38;\nparagraph 39, so far as it has not already been commenced;\nparagraphs 40 to 57;\nparagraph 58, so far as it has not already been commenced;\nparagraph 59;\nparagraphs 60 and 61, so far as they have not already been commenced;\nparagraphs 62 to 104;\nparagraph 105, so far as it has not already been commenced;\nparagraphs 106 to 152;\nparagraph 153, so far as it has not already been commenced;\nparagraphs 154 to 173;\nsection 105(2), so far as it has not already been commenced and Schedule 12, so far as it has not already been commenced, with the exception of the entry relating to the Transport Act 1968.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2541/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
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