2015 No. 481 (C. 26)
Highways
Wildlife, England
Energy
The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Commencement No.1) Regulations 2015
Made 2nd March 2015

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 57(1)(b), (4)(a) and (7)(c) of the Infrastructure Act 2015.
2015 c.7

1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Infrastructure Act 2015 (Commencement No.1) Regulations 2015.

2 Provisions coming into force on 5th March 2015
The following provisions of the Infrastructure Act 2015 come into force on 5th March 2015—
(a) Part 1 (strategic highways companies) for remaining purposes,
(b) section 24 (native and non-native species etc) so far as it relates to England, and
(c) section 25 (Part 4: supplementary) so far as it relates to England.

3 Provisions coming into force on 12th April 2015
The following provisions of the Infrastructure Act 2015 come into force on 12th April 2015—
(a) section 23 (environmental control of animal and plant species) so far as it relates to England,
(b) section 41 (maximising economic recovery of UK petroleum),
(c) section 42 (levy on holders of certain energy industry licences), and
(d) Schedule 7 (the licensing levy).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Hayes Minister of State Department for Transport 2nd March 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are the first commencement regulations made under the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7) (“the Act”).
Regulation 2 brings into force on 5th March 2015 Part 1 for remaining purposes and, in respect of England only, sections 24 and 25 of the Act.
Regulation 3 brings into force on 12th April 2015 sections 23 (in respect of England only), 41 and 42 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Act.
An impact assessment of the effect that the Act will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector has been produced, and a copy is available at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-003.pdf. No separate impact assessment has been produced for this instrument.