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1.  This order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1982.

2.  The following provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, namely—

(a)Part I so far as not already in force;

(b)section 72 so far as not already in force;

(c)section 73(1) so far as relating to the entries in Schedule 17 specified below;

(d)Schedule 17 so far as relating to the entries in Part II thereof not already in force, except the entries as respects sections 27 to 35 and 38 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, the London Government Act 1963, Schedule 3 to the Countryside Act 1968, the Courts Act 1971, the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1972 and the Highways Act 1980,

shall come into force on 28th September 1982.

Michael R.D. Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

9th August 1982

George Younger

Secretary of State for Scotland

23rd August 1982

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Michael Roberts

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Welsh Office

16th August 1982