1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st June 2015.
(2) Except as provided by paragraphs (3) to (5), these Regulations apply in relation to England only.
(3) Regulation 24 applies in relation to England and, in so far as it applies to national policy statements designated under section 5(1) of the Planning Act 2008 M1, to Wales and Scotland.
(4) Regulation 26—
(a)applies in relation to England;
(b)applies in relation to Wales and Scotland in so far as it applies to making development consent orders under section 114(1) of the Planning Act 2008; and
(c)applies in relation to Wales in so far as it applies to a decision by the Secretary of State authorising development in Wales under—
(i)section 5(1) of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 M2; and
(ii)section 14(1) or section 16(1) of the Harbours Act 1964 M3.