{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-energy-act-2008/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-energy-act-2008/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/21",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Energy Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-energy-act-2008",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n...\n“local plan”, “minerals and waste development”, “minerals and waste plan”, “minerals and waste planning authority”, “relevant area” and “supplementary plan” have the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (see, in particular, section 15LH of that Act);\n“local planning authority” has the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8).\n...",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 22(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 30 (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 omitted (21.1.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(1)(e), Sch. 9 para. 41(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/21/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:48.242677+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."
}