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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1932/section-48",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/22-23/48",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1932",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1932",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Appointment of committees for purposes of Act.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority or a county council may, subject to the provisions of this section, appoint a committee for any of the purposes of this Act, which, in the opinion of the authority, would be better regulated and managed by means of a committee, and may delegate to the committee, with or without restrictions or conditions as they think fit, any of their powers under this Act except the power of levying a rate or borrowing money, or of relinquishing in favour of the council of the county any of their powers and duties under this Act.\n(2) A committee appointed under this section shall consist of such number of persons as the appointing authority think fit, but at least three-fourths of the members of the committee shall be members of the appointing authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/48/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:39.524974+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."
}