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The Planning Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2) (England) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/601 · Made 28 February 2012

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Town And Country Planning, England

Made 28th February 2012

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 241(3) and (8) of the Planning Act 2008f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c.29.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2012 in relation to England
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Repeals (England)
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Planning Act 2008 (Commencement No.2) (England) Order 2012.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Planning Act 2008.

2Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2012 in relation to England

The following provisions of the Act (so far as they are not yet in force) shall come into force, in relation to England, on 6th April 2012—

(a)

sections 192 and Schedule 8;

(b)

section 193; and

(c)

section 238 and Schedule 13, so far as they give effect to the repeals specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Bob Neill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

28th February 2012

Repeals (England)

ReferenceExtent of repeal
Forestry Act 1967 (c.10)

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3, the words from “section 77” to “(for Scotland)”, and “the said section 77 or (for Scotland)”.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c.8)

Section 198(3), (4), (6), (8) and (9).

Section 199.

Section 201.

Section 202(3).

Sections 203 to 205.

Section 212(4).

In Schedule 1, paragraph 17.

Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34)

In Schedule 18, in Part 1, the entries for sections 203 and 204 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5)Section 42(3)

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 6th April 2012 and in relation to England, the following provisions of the Planning Act 2008 (so far as they are not already in force)—

sections 192 and Schedule 8 (tree preservation orders);

section 193 (existing tree preservation orders: transitional provisions); and

section 238 and Schedule 13, repeals relating to trees specified in the Schedule to this Order.