Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1766 (C. 72)
Commons, England
Employment
Highways, England
The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings) Order 2013
Made
14th July 2013
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35(1) and (6) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings) Order 2013.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 .
Provisions coming into force on 1st September 2013
2. Section 31 (employee shareholders) of the Act comes into force on 1st September 2013.
Provisions commencing on 1st October 2013 for all remaining purposes
3. Subject to article 4, the following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st October 2013 for all remaining purposes—
(a) section 13 (declarations negativing intention to dedicate way as highway); and
(b) section 15 (registration of town or village green: statement by owner).
Savings
4. The coming into force of section 13 of the Act has no effect in relation to any application to deposit a statement and map or lodge a statutory declaration with an appropriate council in accordance with section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980( 2 ) made before 1st October 2013.
Richard Benyon
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
14th July 2013
1980 c. 66 . Section 31(6) was amended by Schedule 6 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) , paragraph 3 of Part 1.