{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1959/section-59",
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  "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/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Short title, citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Planning Act, 1959; . . . . . . .\n(2) This Act shall come into operation at the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 59(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII Group1."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (c. 56)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/53/section/59",
    "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."
}