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- Order applied by S.I. 2023/256 art. 3(2)
- Order revoked by S.I. 2015/596 Sch. 4 para. 1
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 1 Pt. 4 inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 3(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 added by S.I. 2012/748 art. 5 Sch.
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(p) added by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(12)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4A A.4B added by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(16)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.4 added by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(3)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class N para. N(11) added by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(8)(e)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(p) added by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(13)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4A A.4B added by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(20)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.5 full stop omitted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(9)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 41 inserted by S.I. 2010/654 art. 2(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.1(j) inserted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.1(f) inserted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class D para. D.8 D.9 inserted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 2(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.1(d) inserted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 3(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 8 Class A para. A.1(da) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 8(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 8 Class A para. A.1(ea) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 8(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 8 Class A para. A.2A inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 8(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 42 Class A para. A.1(aa) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 12(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 42 Class A para. A.1(ca) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 12(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 42 Class A para. A.2A inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 12(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.1(ea) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 4(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.4 inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 4(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Class A para. A.2 inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 5(3)
- Sch. 2 Class A Pt. 24 para. A.2(4A) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 9(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.3(4)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 9(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 32 Class C para. C inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 10
- Sch. 2 Pt. 41 Class A para. A.1(aa) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 11(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 41 Class A para. A.2A inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 11(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(ba) inserted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.3(8A) inserted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(14)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.1(za) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(2)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.4(2A)(2B) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(2)(b)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.4(9A) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(2)(b)(iii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(za) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(3)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class C para. C.1(za) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class D para. D.1(za) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class E para. E.1(za) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class F para. F.A1 inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(7)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class G para. G.1(za) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(8)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class H para. H.1(za) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(9)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class N para. N(2)(e) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(8)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class N para. N(2A)(2B) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(8)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class M para. MA-MB.2 inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(7)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.1(aa) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 6(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.2(ca) inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 6(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class C para. C.1(e) inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(a)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class C para. C.2(aa) inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(a)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class D para. D.1(f) inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(b)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class D para. D.2(f) inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.1(c) inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.2(b)(iva) inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(c)(iii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.2(b)(va) inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(c)(iv)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 4 Sch.
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.1(j) inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.1(f) inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(8)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class D para. D.8 D.9 inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(10)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.1(d) inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 3(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.4 inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 3(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(ia) inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(10)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.2(4A)(4B) inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(15)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.3(4)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(16)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.3(8A) inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(18)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 41 42 inserted by S.I. 2014/592 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 17A inserted by S.I. 2019/330 Sch. 1
- Sch. 2 Pt. 17 Class G para. G.1(ai) inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 5(1)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class A para. A.1(h) and word inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class A para. A.2(ba) inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(4)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class B para. B.1(d) and word inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class B para. B.2(aa) inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(6)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class C para. C.1(e) and word inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(7)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6A inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 3
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4(3) inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(8)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 12A inserted by S.I. 2020/367 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3A inserted by S.I. 2020/420 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3A Class A para. A.2(d) inserted by S.I. 2021/254 art. 3(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 12A Class A para. A.1(c) inserted by S.I. 2021/254 art. 4(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4A inserted by S.I. 2021/386 art. 3
- Sch. 2 Pt. 42 Class D inserted by S.I. 2021/386 art. 4(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.2(1)(a) semi-colon omitted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class C para. C.1(d) semi-colon substituted for full stop by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(a)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class D para. D.1(e) semi-colon substituted for full stop by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(b)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class D para. D.2(e) semi-colon substituted for full stop by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 40 substituted by S.I. 2011/2056 art. 2(4) Sch.
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Class A para. A.1(a) substituted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 5(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(g)(iii) substituted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.2(4) substituted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(13)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.1 substituted by S.I. 2013/2147 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.4(6) substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(2)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.2(b) substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 3(3)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Class A para. A.2 substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 4
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class M para. M.1(a) substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(6)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class N para. N(7) substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(8)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 32 Class C para. C substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 7
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class N para. N(3)(a) substituted by S.I. 2015/377 Sch. para. 34(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.2(b)(i) substituted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(c)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 40 substituted by S.I. 2012/1346 art 2(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.1(i) substituted by S.I. 2012/1346 art 2(2)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class C para. C.1(i) substituted by S.I. 2012/1346 art 2(2)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(b) substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(g)(iii) substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(h)(ii) substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(8)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.2(4) substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(14)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 heading substituted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class D para. D.1 substituted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(8)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(k)(ii) substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(5)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class para. A.1(l) substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(5)(d)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3A Class A para. A.2(c) substituted by S.I. 2021/254 art. 3(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 12A Class A para. A.1(b) substituted by S.I. 2021/254 art. 4(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(q)-(s) substituted for Sch. 2 Pt. 24 para. A.1(q)-(t) by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(5)(f)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.2(b)(ii)(iia) substituted for Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.2(b)(ii) by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(c)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class F para. F.1(a) word inserted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(2)(b)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(e) word inserted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.3 word inserted by S.I. 2013/2147 art. 2(3)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class F para. F.1(a) word omitted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(2)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class G para. G.1 word omitted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(3)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(l)(iii) word omitted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(11)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.1(a) word omitted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.1(h) word omitted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.1(d) word omitted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.1(b) word omitted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 3(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class A para. A.1(f) word omitted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class A para. A.2(b) word omitted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(4)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class B para. B.1(b)(v) word omitted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class B para. B.2(a) word omitted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(6)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class C para. C.1(c) word omitted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(7)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3A Class A para. A.2(b) word omitted by S.I. 2021/254 art. 3(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 12A Class A para. A.1(a) word omitted by S.I. 2021/254 art. 4(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class F para. F.1(b) word substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(2)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class F para. F.1(c) word substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(2)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class G para. G.1 word substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(3)(b)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class B para. B.1 word substituted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 6(1)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.1(b) word substituted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.1(i) word substituted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.1(e) word substituted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(7)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.1(c) word substituted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 3(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class B para. B.1 word substituted by S.I. 2014/592 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(i) words added by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(8)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words added by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(15)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words added by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(19)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 40 Class J para. J words deleted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 4
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.2(1)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.5 words inserted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.3 words inserted by S.I. 2012/748 art. 3(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 8 Class A para. A.1(d) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 8(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 8 Class A para. A.1(e) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 8(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 42 Class A para. A.1(a) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 12(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 42 Class A para. A.1(c) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 12(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class A para. A.1(e) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 4(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.2(4) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 9(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 9(5)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 9(5)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 41 Class A para. A.1(a) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 11(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(ia) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(9)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(l)(ii) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(10)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(l)(iii) words inserted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(11)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words inserted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(15)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.3 words inserted by S.I. 2013/2147 art. 2(3)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class K para. K words inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(5)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class K para. K.2(a) words inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(5)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class N para. N(8)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(8)(d)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class O para. O words inserted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(9)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class C para. C.3 words inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(a)(iii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 4 Class D para. D.3 words inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 4(b)(iii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.2(b)(vii) words inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(c)(v)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 31 Class A para. A.3 words inserted by S.I. 2015/659 art. 5(d)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class A para. A.2(1)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 6 Class B para. B.5 words inserted by S.I. 2012/2318 art. 2(9)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(g)(i) words inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(l)(ii) words inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(11)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.3(4)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(17)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words inserted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(19)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 12 Class A para. A words inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 4
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class G para. G words inserted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(9)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class H para. H.4 words inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 5(1)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(m)(ii) words inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(5)(e)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4(1) words inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(7)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class A para. A.3(b) words inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 5(2)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class B para. B.5 words inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 5(2)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 42 heading words inserted by S.I. 2021/386 art. 4(1)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(i) words omitted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(8)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class O para. O words omitted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(9)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class O para. O words omitted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(9)(d)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(i) words omitted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(9)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.3(4)(c) words omitted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(6)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4(1) words omitted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(7)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class F para. F(a) words substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(2)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class F para. F(b) words substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(2)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class F para. F(c) words substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(2)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class G para. G(a) words substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(3)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class G para. G(b) words substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(3)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class G para. G(c) words substituted by S.I. 2012/2257 art. 2(3)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(g)(ii) words substituted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(h)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(6)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(h)(ii) words substituted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(7)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words substituted by S.I. 2013/1868 art. 2(15)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class O para. O words substituted by S.I. 2014/469 Sch. 3 para. 188
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class M para. M.2(c)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(6)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class O para. O words substituted by S.I. 2014/564 art. 5(9)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 17 Class G para. G.4 words substituted by S.I. 2017/1011 Sch. 3 para. 3(2) (This amendment comes into force on the day on which section 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Digital Economy Act 2017 come fully into force. S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2 brought those provisions fully into force on 28.12.2017)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 15 Class A para. A words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 4 para. 50(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 14 Class A para. A.1 words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 4 para. 50(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A words substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(g)(ii) words substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(h)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(7)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(l)(iii) words substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(12)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.4 words substituted by S.I. 2014/2692 art. 2(19)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class A para. A.2(c) words substituted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(4)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 43 Class B para. B.2(b) words substituted by S.I. 2019/330 art. 7(6)(c)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class H para. H.4 words substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 5(1)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(h) words substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(5)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.1(j)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(5)(b)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 Class A para. A.3(4)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(6)(a)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class A para. A.3(b) words substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 5(2)(a)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class B para. B.5 words substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 5(2)(b)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 24 para. A.1(j)(iii) substituted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(5)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2A inserted by S.I. 2022/997 art. 2(4)
- art. 1(6A) inserted by S.I. 2013/1101 art. 3(1)
- art. 4(3)(aaa) inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(1)(a)
- art. 4(3A) inserted by S.I. 2020/1318 art. 4(2)
- art. 4(3A) words omitted by S.I. 2022/997 art. 2(2)(c)
- art. 4(5A) inserted by S.I. 2022/997 art. 2(2)(e)
ConditionsE+W
A.2 Development is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions—
(a)where demolition is urgently necessary in the interests of safety or health and the measures immediately necessary in such interests are the demolition of the building the developer shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, give the local planning authority a written justification of the demolition;
(b)where the demolition does not fall within sub-paragraph (a) and is not excluded demolition—
(i)the developer shall, before beginning the development, apply to the local planning authority for a determination as to whether the prior approval of the authority will be required to the method of demolition and any proposed restoration of the site;
(ii)the application shall be accompanied by a written description of the proposed development, a statement that a notice has been posted in accordance with sub-paragraph (iii) and any fee required to be paid;
(iii)subject to sub-paragraph (iv), the applicant shall display a site notice by site display on or near the land on which the building to be demolished is sited and shall leave the notice in place for not less than 21 days in the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the application was submitted to the local planning authority;
(iv)where the site notice is, without any fault or intention of the applicant, removed, obscured or defaced before the period of 21 days referred to in sub-paragraph (iii) has elapsed, he shall be treated as having complied with the requirements of that sub-paragraph if he has taken reasonable steps for protection of the notice and, if need be, its replacement;
(v)the development shall not be begun before the occurrence of one of the following—
(aa)the receipt by the applicant from the local planning authority of a written notice of their determination that such prior approval is not required;
(bb)where the local planning authority give the applicant notice within 28 days following the date of receiving his application of their determination that such prior approval is required, the giving of such approval; or
(cc)the expiry of 28 days following the date on which the application was received by the local planning authority without the local planning authority making any determination as to whether such approval is required or notifying the applicant of their determination;
(vi)the development shall, except to the extent that the local planning authority otherwise agree in writing, be carried out—
(aa)where prior approval is required, in accordance with the details approved;
(bb)where prior approval is not required, in accordance with the details submitted with the application;
and
(vii)the development shall be carried out—
(aa)where approval has been given by the local planning authority, within a period of five years from the date on which approval was given;
(bb)in any other case, within a period of five years from the date on which the local planning authority were given the information referred to in sub-paragraph (ii).
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