Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025.

(2) This regulation and regulation 3 come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

(3) In these Regulations—

“ the 1981 Act ” means the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ( 2 );

“ acquiring authority ”, “compulsory purchase order”, and “confirming authority” have the meaning given to those terms in section 7(1) of the 1981 Act (interpretation).

Provisions coming into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made

2.—(1) The following provisions of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, so far as not already commenced, come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made—

(a)section 181 (online publicity) in relation to compulsory purchase orders to which paragraph (2) apply;

(b)section 183(4) (conditional confirmation), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 18 brought into force by sub-paragraph (d);

(c)section 184 (corresponding provision for purchases by Ministers), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 19 brought into force by sub-paragraph (e);

(d)paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 18 (conditional confirmation and making of compulsory purchase orders: consequential amendments);

(e)paragraph 1 of Schedule 19 (corresponding provision for purchases made by Ministers: online publicity) in relation to compulsory purchase orders to which paragraph (2) apply.

(2) This paragraph applies to compulsory purchase orders that are—

(a)subject to confirmation under Part 2 of the 1981 Act by a confirming authority other than the Welsh Ministers(3), or

(b)prepared in draft under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act by an acquiring authority other than the Welsh Ministers.

Transitional provision

3.—(1) The amendments made to the 1981 Act by the provisions brought into force by regulation 2(1)(a), (c) and (e) do not apply in relation to a compulsory purchase order where the date in paragraph (2) is before the date on which those provisions come into force.

(2) The date in this paragraph is the date on which—

(a)notice of the making of the order is first published pursuant to section 11(1) of the 1981 Act, or

(b)notice of the preparation in draft of the order is first published pursuant to paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Act.