The following provisions of the Act come into force on 17th November 2021—
(a)section 22 (The Office for Environmental Protection); (b)section 23 (Principal objective of the OEP and exercise of its functions); (c)section 24 (The OEP’s strategy: process); (d)section 26 (Memorandum of understanding); (e)section 44 (Meaning of “natural environment”); (f)section 45 (Meaning of “environmental protection”); (g)section 46 (Meaning of “environmental law”); (h)section 47 (Interpretation of Part 1: general); (i)Schedule 1 (The Office for Environmental Protection).