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  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/34",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025",
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  "number": "118",
  "heading": "Commencement and transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) In Part 1—\n(a) sections 1 and 2 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(b) section 3 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;\n(c) sections 4 to 9 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(d) section 10 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(e) sections 11 to 13 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(f) sections 14 to 18 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed;\n(g) in section 19—\n(i) subsections (1) and (2), subsection (4) so far as it confers powers to make regulations, and subsections (5) and (6) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed;\n(ii) subsection (3), and subsection (4) for remaining purposes, come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(h) section 20 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, except that it comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed so far as it confers power to make regulations;\n(i) section 21 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(j) sections 22 and 23 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed;\n(k) section 24 and Schedule 1 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, except that paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(l) section 25 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;\n(m) section 26 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(n) section 27 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;\n(o) section 28 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(p) section 29 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, except that it comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed so far as it confers power to make regulations;\n(q) section 30 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(r) sections 31 and 32 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(s) section 33 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(t) sections 34 and 35 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(u) section 36 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(v) sections 37 to 39 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(w) in section 40—\n(i) subsections (1) and (2) come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(ii) subsection (3) comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(x) sections 41 and 42 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(y) section 43 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(z) sections 44 and 45 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(z1) section 46 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;\n(z2) section 47 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(z3) section 48(1), (4) and (5) come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(z4) section 48(2) and (3) come into force—\n(i) in relation to applications made to the Secretary of State, on the day on which the first relevant regulations made by the Secretary of State come into force;\n(ii) in relation to applications made to the Scottish Ministers, on the day on which the first relevant regulations made by the Scottish Ministers come into force;\n(iii) in relation to applications made to the Welsh Ministers, on the day on which the first relevant regulations made by the Welsh Ministers come into force;\nand in this paragraph “relevant regulations” means regulations under paragraph 9A of Schedule 3 to the Harbours Act 1964 (inserted by section 48(4));\n(z5) sections 49 and 50 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.\n(2) In Part 2—\n(a) section 51 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint, except that it comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed so far as it confers power to make regulations;\n(b) sections 52 and 53 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(c) in section 54—\n(i) subsection (1) comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(ii) subsection (2) comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(d) in section 55—\n(i) subsection (1) comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(ii) subsection (2) comes into force at the same time as section 102(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;\n(e) section 56 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(f) section 57 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(g) section 58(1), (2) and (3) and Schedule 2 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint, except that section 58(1) comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed so far as it confers power to make regulations;\n(h) section 58(4) to (8) come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.\n(3) Part 3 (including Schedules 3, 4 and 5) comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint, except that paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 5 comes into force at the same time as section 106 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.\n(4) Part 4 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.\n(5) In Part 5—\n(a) section 105 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(b) section 106 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(c) section 107 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(d) sections 108 and 109 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(e) sections 110 and 111 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(f) section 112 comes into force at the same time as section 18 of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017;\n(g) in section 113—\n(i) subsections (1), (2) and (5) to (9) come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(ii) subsections (3) and (4) come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;\n(h) section 114 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.\n(6) In this Part—\n(a) section 115 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;\n(b) sections 116 to 119 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.\n(7) The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.\n(8) Regulations under this section—\n(a) are to be made by statutory instrument;\n(b) may make different provision for different purposes or different areas.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "S. 118 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 118(6)(b)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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