{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compensation-act-1991/schedule-8/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compensation-act-1991/schedule-8/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/34",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Compensation Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compensation-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 275(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “conservation area\" there is inserted—\n““depositing of mineral waste” means any process whereby a mineral-working deposit is created or enlarged and “depositing of refuse or waste materials” includes the depositing of mineral waste;”\n(b) the definition of “development consisting of the winning and working of minerals\" is omitted;\n(c) the definition of “mineral compensation modifications\" is omitted;\n(d) in the definition of “minerals\" for “minerals and substances in or under land\" there is substituted “ substances ”;\n(e) the definitions of “relevant order\", “restrictions on the winning and working of minerals\" and “special consultations\" are omitted; and\n(f) at the end there is inserted—\n““the winning and working of minerals” includes the extraction of minerals from a mineral working deposit.”",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 15 wholly in force at 24.1.1992 see s. 84(2) and S.I. 1992/71, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/34/schedule/8/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:37:39.964311+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."
}