Broads Authority Act 2009

3 Appointed day

(1) For the purposes of any provision of this Act, and of any provision of the 1988 Act which is amended by this Act, “the appointed day”, in relation to that provision, means such day (not earlier than 3 months after the passing of this Act) as may be fixed for the purposes of that provision in accordance with subsection (2) by resolution of the Authority.

(2) The Authority shall publish in a newspaper circulating in the area of the Broads and in the London Gazette notice—

(a) of the passing of any such resolution and of the day fixed thereby; and

(b) of the general effect of the provision for the purposes of which the day has been fixed;

and the day so fixed shall not be earlier than the expiration of 28 days from the date of the publication of the notice in the London Gazette.

(3) A photostatic or other reproduction certified by the proper officer to be a true reproduction of a page or part of a page of any such newspaper or London Gazette, being a page or part of a page bearing the date of its publication and containing the notice mentioned in subsection (2), shall be evidence of the publication of the notice and of the date of publication.