Appointed day

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 3, the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2), in so far as not already in force, is 1 October 2022.

(2) The provisions are—

(a)section 22 (declining to determine applications),

(b)section 32 (duration of planning permission),

(c)section 33 (completion notices),

(d)section 38 (declining to determine an application: further provision),

(e)section 62 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals),

(f)paragraph 6 of schedule 2 (duration of planning permission).

(3) Section 62 of the Act is commenced only for the purposes of the commencement of paragraph 6 of schedule 2 of the Act.