{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-act-2017-commencement-no-2-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-act-2017-commencement-no-2-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/936",
  "legislation_title": "The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-act-2017-commencement-no-2-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017;\n“compulsory purchase order” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981;\n“special enactment” means—\n(a) a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory purchase 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 purchase of land specifically identified in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c.67."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/936/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:49.820690+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."
}