3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of the 1995 Act shall come into force on 1st April 1996—
Section 78 insofar as it relates to paragraphs 2(2) and (9)(b), 8(1), and (3), 13, 16, 20 and 22(3), (4)(a) and (b) and (5) of Schedule 10;
Section 115(1) insofar as it relates to the other provisions of section 115 brought into force by this article;
Section 115(2) insofar as it relates to Part III of the 1995 Act;
Section 115(3), (4) and (6) insofar as it relates to the provisions of section 115(2) brought into force by this article.
(2) The provisions of sections 42 and 51(2)(c) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1) as in force immediately before the commencement of paragraph 22(3) and (5) of Schedule 10 to the 1995 Act shall continue to have effect in relation to any National Park (2) for which the local planning authority is not a National Park authority established by order under section 63 of the 1995 Act.
1981 c. 69. Sections 42 and 51(2)(c) of the Act of 1981 were amended by Schedule 3 paragraph 7(4) to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51).
For the meaning of National Park, see section 5(3) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97).