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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-control-act-1966/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-control-act-1966/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/27",
  "legislation_title": "Building Control Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-control-act-1966",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Short title, interpretation and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Building Control Act 1966.\n(2) In this Act references to the alteration of a building or of any works include references to the reconstruction or extension of, or of a part of, a building or any works, and references to fixed works of construction or civil engineering include references to a road.\n(3) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.\n(4) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/27/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:27.365592+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."
}