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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-town-and-country-planning-hierarchy-of-developments-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2009/9780111001714",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Hierarchy of Developments) (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-town-and-country-planning-hierarchy-of-developments-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This draft Scottish Statutory Instrument supersedes the draft published on 24th December 2008. It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft Scottish Statutory Instrument.\nDraft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 26A(5) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING\nMade\nComing into force 6th April 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26A(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and of all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 26A(5) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 8. Section 26A was inserted by section 5 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17)."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2009/9780111001714/introduction",
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  "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."
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