{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1984-repealed-2751997/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1984-repealed-2751997/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/10",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1984 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1984-repealed-2751997",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Persons in occupation of land by virtue of a licence or contract.",
  "text": "(1) A person who is entitled to occupy Crown land by virtue of . . . , a contract in writing shall be treated for the purposes of—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , section 253(1)(b) of the Act of 1972 so far as applicable to Parts III to V of that Act (planning control etc. in relation to Crown land where there is a private interest); and\n(b) sections 1, 2 and 3 above,\nas having an interest in land, and references in section 1 above to the disposal or grant of an interest in Crown land, and in that section and sections 2 and 3 above to a private interest in such land, shall be construed accordingly.\n2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 3(8), 4(2)(3), 5(4), 6(2)(3), 7(2)(b) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. III"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/10/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:04:24.336911+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."
}