Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 209 (C. 18)
Transport
The High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 (Commencement) Regulations 2017
Made
23rd February 2017
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(2) of the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017(1), makes the following Regulations:
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 (Commencement) Regulations 2017.
Commencement
2. Section 11 of and Schedule 14 (amendments to this Act consequential on the Housing and Planning Act 2016(2)) to the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 come into force on the day after the day these Regulations are made.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Andrew Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
23rd February 2017
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These are the first and only Commencement Regulations under the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 (“the Act”). All other provisions came into force on the passing of the Act.
Regulation 2 commences section 11 and Schedule 14 of the Act which provide for amendments to the Act that are consequential on the Housing and Planning Act 2016.