{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-northern-ireland-1965/section-48.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/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\nDefinition rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285\n“development”, in relation to any land includes the redevelopment of that land;\n“development functions” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1)( a);\nDefinition rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285\n“local or public body” includes any authority or body specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Government Loans Act (Northern Ireland) 1957 1957 c.10 as an authority or body to whom government loans may be made by the Ministry of Finance under section 2 of that Act;\n“the Minister” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);\n“the Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1);\n“municipal functions” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1)( b);\n“municipal functions order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 28(1);\n“new town commission” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1);\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under section 43;\n“services” includes facilities and amenities;\n“transferred provision” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1965/13/section/48",
    "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."
}