{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2012/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2012/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/628",
  "legislation_title": "The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2012",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2012.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Localism Act 2011;\n“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985;\n“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;\n“the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;\n“compulsory purchase order” has the same meaning as in the Acquisition of Land Act 1981; and\n“special enactment” means—\n(a) a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act, or\n(b) a provision which—\n(i) is contained in an Act other than a local or private Act, and\n(ii) authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1961 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c.68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c.8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2000 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2004 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1981 c. 67. See section 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/628/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:54.316253+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."
}