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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-79.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "section/79",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Appointment of single appointed person",
  "text": "The Secretary of State must appoint a person to handle the application.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 79 substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 31; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/79",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:38.131823+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}