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Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2011

3.—(1) The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 1st October 2011—

(a)section 27 (sustainable development);

(b)section 33 (reservoirs), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 4 (reservoirs) commenced by this article;

(c)section 44 (social tariffs);

(d)paragraph 1 of Schedule 4;

(e)paragraphs 2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 25, 27, 30, 32, 33 and 37 of Schedule 4, so far as the amendments made by those paragraphs provide power for the Minister, as defined in paragraph 42(1) of that Schedule, to make regulations or orders under the Reservoirs Act 1975(1);

(f)paragraphs 22 and 31 of Schedule 4, so far as the amendments made by those paragraphs amend the power for the Minister, as defined in paragraph 42(1) of that Schedule, to make regulations or rules under the Reservoirs Act 1975;

(g)paragraph 38 of Schedule 4 (regulations and orders);

(h)paragraph 39 of Schedule 4 (charges);

(i)paragraph 40 of Schedule 4 (power to make further provision);

(j)paragraph 42 of Schedule 4 (Ministerial responsibility);

(k)paragraph 43 of Schedule 4 (cross-border England-Scotland reservoirs).

(2) The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 1st October 2011 in relation to Wales only—

(a)section 31 (amendment of other Acts), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 2 commenced by this article;

(b)paragraphs 1 to 24 of Schedule 2 (amendment of the Coast Protection Act 1949(2));

(c)paragraphs 29, 30, 35, 36, 38 and 39 of Schedule 2 (amendment of the Land Drainage Act 1991(3));

(d)paragraphs 45 to 47 and 49 of Schedule 2 (amendment of the Water Resources Act 1991(4)).