# Town and Country Planning Act 1984 (repealed 27.5.1997), Section 4: Persons in occupation of land by virtue of a licence or contract.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A person who is entitled to occupy Crown land by virtue of . . . , a contract in writing shall be treated for the purposes of—
(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
(b) sections 1, 2 and 3 above,
as 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.
2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/10/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1984-repealed-2751997/section-4
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