{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1959/section-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1959/section-57.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/53",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1959",
  "path": "section/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—\n. . .\n. . .\n“the Act of 1947” means the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947;\n“the Act of 1954” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1954;\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n“disposal” means disposal by way of sale, exchange, . . . or lease, or by way of the creation of any easement, . . ., right or privilege, or in any other manner, except by way of appropriation, gift, mortgage . . . and “dispose of” shall be construed accordingly;\n“function” means a power or a duty, and “grant-aided function”, in relation to a body, means a function in respect of which a grant or contribution ... . . . . . . . . . is payable to that body by a government department out of moneys provided by Parliament;\n. . .\n. . .\n“local enactment” means a local or private Act, or an order confirmed by Parliament or brought into operation in accordance with special parliamentary procedure;\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5),(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n8),(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n10), (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(12) References in this Act to any enactment shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 57(2)(3)(4) and words in s. 57(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII Group1."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. XII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definition of “corporate land” repealed by Local Authorities (Land) Act 1963 (c. 29), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (c. 56)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 57(1) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words repealed by Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47), Sch. 11 Pt. VI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Definitions of “the Scottish Act of 1947” and “the Scottish Act of 1954” repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (c. 56)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Ss. 31, 32, 35–44, 51, 52(1)–(3)(5)(6), 53–56, 57(5)(6)(8)(9), 58(1)(b)(2)(5)(6), Schs. 5, 6, 8, 9 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Ss. 22(5), 23(5), 24(4), 25, 26(7), 29(2), 45(3), 46(4), 47, 50, 52(7), 57(3)(b)(7), 58(7), Sch. 4 Pt. II, Sch. 10 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (c. 56)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Ss. 14–16, 57(10)(11) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1947 c. 51."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1954 c. 72."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/53/section/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:50.853710+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."
}