{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-47.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1965/13",
  "legislation_title": "New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-northern-ireland-1965",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Power to expand or develop existing towns.",
  "text": "The powers conferred by this Act to create a new town may be exercised for the expansion or development of an existing town where the Minister, after consultation with any [ district councils] who appear to him to be concerned, is satisfied that—\n(a) in the interests of Northern Ireland; and\n(b) because the scale of the proposed expansion or development and the pace thereof necessary to secure its accomplishment within a reasonable period of time are of a degree—\n(i) comparable with that involved in the creation of a new town, and\n(ii) greater than could reasonably be expected to be attained by the council of the … district in which the town is situated, or all such councils, acting within their resources,\nit is expedient that those powers should be so exercised; and references in this Act to a new town or a proposed new town shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SRO (NI) 1973/285"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "SRO (NI) 1973/285"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1965/13/section/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:32.201049+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."
}