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Commencement and transitional provisionE+W
56CommencementE+W
(1)The preceding provisions of this Act, except section 9 and Schedule 1 and sections 54 and 55, come into force in accordance with provision made by order by the appropriate national authority.
(2)Sections 54 and 55 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
Subordinate Legislation Made
57Severance: transitionalE+W
(1)In relation to any area of England and Wales, the reference in subsection (1) of section 9 to a register of common land or town or village greens shall, during the relevant period in relation to that area, be read as a reference to such a register kept under the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).
(2)Sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 shall not have effect in relation to a right of common severed (in accordance with that paragraph) from land in any area of England and Wales during the relevant period in relation to that area.
(3)In this section, the “relevant period”, in relation to an area of England and Wales, is the period which—
(a)begins with the coming into force of this section; and
(b)ends with the coming into force of section 1 in relation to that area.
(4)This section is deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2005.
58Natural EnglandE+W
Any reference in a provision of this Act to Natural England shall, in relation to any time after the coming into force of that provision but before the coming into force of section 1(4) of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, be read as a reference to English Nature.
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