{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-act-1990/section-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-act-1990/section-76.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/9",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-act-1990",
  "path": "section/76",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Urgent works to preserve ... buildings in conservation areas.",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that the preservation of a building in a conservation area is important for maintaining the character or appearance of that area, he may direct that section 54 shall apply to it as it applies to listed buildings.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall consult the Commission before giving a direction under subsection (1) ....",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 76(2) omitted (4.11.2024) by virtue of Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), s. 212(2), Sch. 13 para. 140 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 76 heading omitted (21.5.2016) by virtue of Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 4), ss. 30(5), 41(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Chs. I, II (ss. 1-26) and IV (ss. 38-44) of Pt. I, ss. 54-56, 59-61, 66, 68-72, 74-76 and 88: power to apply conferred (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 171(4)(b); S.I. 1993/2762, art.3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/9/section/76",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:43:21.398409+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."
}