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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-control-of-advertisements-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/147",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-control-of-advertisements-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations amend the Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (“the principal Regulations”).\nThe main changes made by the Regulations are—\n(a) the means of illumination for illuminated advertisements for which deemed consent is given (Class 4 in Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations) are extended to include “halo” illumination (defined in a new paragraph 3 in Part II of that Schedule);\n(b) the class of flag advertisement for which deemed consent is given (Class 7 in Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations) is extended so as to permit flag advertisements on certain sites on which houses have been or are being constructed. Some of the terms used in relation to the new Class 7(2) are defined in a new paragraph 4 in Part II of that Schedule;\n(c) restrictions as to the size of advertisements on hoardings (Class 8) and the period for which their display is permitted are relaxed; and\n(d) the introduction of deemed consent in relation to advertisements for neighbourhood watch schemes (Class 11, Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/147/note",
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  "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."
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