{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/63",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Discrimination in exercise of planning functions.",
  "text": "— In Part III of the Race Relations Act 1976 (discrimination in fields other than employment), after section 19 insert—\n“ Discrimination by planning authorities.\n19A (1) It is unlawful for a planning authority to discriminate against a person in carrying out their planning functions.\n(2) In this section “planning authority” means—\n(a) in England and Wales, a county, district or London borough council, a joint planning board, a special planning board or a National Park Committee, and\n(b) in Scotland, a planning authority or regional planning authorit,\nand includes an urban development corporation and a body having functions (whether as an enterprise zone authority or a body invited to prepare a scheme) under Schedule 32 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.\n(3) In this section “planning functions” means—\n(a) in England and Wales, functions under the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, and such other functions as may be prescribed, and\n(b) in Scotland, functions under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 or Part IX of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and such other functions as may be prescribed,\nand includes, in relation to an urban development corporation, planning functions under Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and, in relation to an enterprise zone authority or body invited to prepare an enterprise zone scheme, functions under Part XVIII of that Act.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1976 c. 74."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/63/section/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:53:53.851580+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."
}