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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/section-109",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97",
  "legislation_title": "National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949",
  "path": "section/109",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "109",
  "heading": "†Application of provisions of Act of 1947 as to inquiries and service of notices.",
  "text": "(1) Section 282 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (which provides for the holding by the Minister of local inquiries for the purposes of that Act) shall apply for the purposes of this Act.\n(2) Section 283 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and section 269 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (which provide for the service of notices and other documents) shall apply to notices and other documents required or authorised to be served or given under this Act:\nProvided that this subsection shall not apply to the service of any notice required or authorised to be served under the First Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, or the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, as applied by this Act.\n(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78, SIF 123:1), Sch. 24 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52, SIF 123:2), Sch. 22 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 78."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1946 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1947 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 109(2): Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30 SIF 115:1), s. 17(2)(a) applies to the construction of the reference to Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 109 extended by Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41), s. 46(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97/section/109",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:51.346218+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."
}