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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2015-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2017/546",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2015-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2017",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is the fourth commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”).\nArticle 2 brings section 54 (applications to amend registers: power to make provision about fees) of the 2015 Act into force, so far as it is not already in force, on 10 April 2017.\nArticle 3 brings the following provisions of the 2015 Act into force, so far as they are not already in force, on 5 May 2017—\nsection 39 (exercise of functions of local planning authority relating to applications);\nsection 47 (no variation of application after service of notice of appeal against planning decision);\nsection 48 (appeal against notice in respect of land adversely affecting amenity);\nsection 50 (procedure for certain proceedings); and\nsection 51 and paragraphs 15 to 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 of Schedule 5 (costs and procedure on appeals etc. further amendments).\nArticles 4 and 5 contain transitional provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/546/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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