{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-off-street-parking-england-and-wales-order-1978/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-off-street-parking-england-and-wales-order-1978/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1535",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Off-Street Parking (England and Wales) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-off-street-parking-england-and-wales-order-1978",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Requirement for licence",
  "text": "Subject to Article 16 of this Order, in a controlled area no person other than the county council or a local authority shall operate a public off-street parking place of a prescribed description except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence granted to that person by the local authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1535/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:27:41.029944+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."
}