1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Highways (SSSI Diversion Orders) (England) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st July 2007.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only(1).
The functions of the Secretary of State in relation to the powers in the Highways Act 1980 set out in the preamble to these Regulations are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1 as extended by section 99 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.