2012 No. 2499 (W.274) (C.98)

ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No.1) (Wales) Order 2012
Made
1 October 2012
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 120(2) and (3) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 .

Title, application and interpretation
1
1
The title of this Order is the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No.1) (Wales) Order 2012.
2
This Order applies in relation to Wales.
3
In this Order “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

Appointed day
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1
The provisions of the Act listed in paragraph (2) below come into force on 1 October 2012.
2
The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are—
a
Section 56; and
b
Schedule 4.
Carl Sargeant
The Minister for Local Government and Communities, one of the Welsh Ministers.
1 October 2012
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012.
Article 2 of this Order commences on 1 October 2012 provisions to recover unpaid parking charges in respect of the parking of a vehicle on relevant land in Wales.
“Relevant land” is defined within Schedule 4 to the Act as land other than a highway maintainable at public expense, a parking place provided and/or controlled by a traffic authority or any other land not subject to statutory parking control.
2012 c. 9.