The following provisions of the Act come into force on 2nd May 2006—

• section 1(1), (2), (3) and (5) and Schedule 1;

• section 2;

• section 5;

• section 9;

• section 11(1) and (2), but not paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (2);

• section 13;

• section 14;

• section 15(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6);

• section 16;

• section 29;

• section 105(1) and the following paragraphs of Schedule 11, but only so far as they insert the words “Natural England” in the relevant Schedules—

  • paragraph 34(1) and (2);

  • paragraph 39(1) and (2);

  • paragraph 58(1) and (2);

  • paragraph 60(1) and (2);

  • paragraph 61(1) and (3);

  • paragraph 105;

  • paragraphs 153(1) and (2).