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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-simplified-planning-zones-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-simplified-planning-zones-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 2011 Act” means the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;\n“by advertisement” means by publication in the Belfast Gazette and by local advertisement;\n“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;\n“duly made” means made in accordance with these Regulations;\n“independent examination” has the meaning given by paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 1 of the 2011 Act;\n“local advertisement” means an advertisement for two successive weeks in at least one newspaper circulating in the district of the council;\n“owner” has the same meaning as in section 250(1) of the 2011 Act;\n“Schedule 1” means Schedule 1 to the 2011 Act;\n“Scheme” means a simplified planning zone scheme, and references to a numbered form are to the form bearing that number in the Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/188/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:07.246245+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."
}