Legislation – Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025
Part 6Miscellaneous and general provision
118Commencement and transitional provision
(1)
In Part 1—
(a)
sections 1 and 2 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(b)
section 3 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;
(c)
sections 4 to 9 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(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;
(e)
(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;
(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;
(k)
(l)
section 25 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;
(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)
section 27 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;
(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;
(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;
(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;
(r)
(s)
section 33 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(t)
(u)
section 36 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(v)
(w)
in section 40—
(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;
(ii)
subsection (3) comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(x)
(y)
section 43 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(z)
z1
section 46 comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed;
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;
z3
z4
(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;
(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;
(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;
(2)
In Part 2—
(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;
(b)
(c)
in section 54—
(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;
(ii)
subsection (2) comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(d)
in section 55—
(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;
(ii)
subsection (2) comes into force at the same time as section 102(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
(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;
(f)
section 57 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(g)
(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.
(3)
(4)
Part 4 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.
(5)
In Part 5—
(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;
(b)
section 106 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(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;
(d)
sections 108 and 109 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint;
(e)
(f)
section 112 comes into force at the same time as section 18 of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017;
(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.
(6)
In this Part—
(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;
(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.
(8)
Regulations under this section—
(a)
are to be made by statutory instrument;
(b)
may make different provision for different purposes or different areas.