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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-land-removal-of-surface-soil-act-1953/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/10",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-land-removal-of-surface-soil-act-1953",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Short title, interpretation extent and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act,1953.\n(2) In this Act the expressions “agriculture” and “agricultural” have the same meanings as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.\n(3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.\n(4) This Act shall come into operation on the fourteenth day after the passing of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1953 c. 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/10/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:59.062737+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}