{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1984-repealed-2751997/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1984-repealed-2751997/section-6.json",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  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1984 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1984-repealed-2751997",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/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation and supplementary provisions.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“the Act of 1972” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;\n“the appropriate authority”, “Crown land” and “Crown interest” have the meaning given in . . . , section 253(7) of the Act of 1972 and “Duchy interest” has the meaning given in section 293(1) and (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“private interest” means an interest which is neither a Crown interest nor a Duchy interest.\n2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) The Act of 1972 and the provisions of this Act so far as applicable to Scotland shall have effect as if those provisions were included in that Act.\n(5) In section 2 of this Act “local planning authority”, in relation to land within the Broads, includes the Broads Authority.\n(6) Subject to subsection (5) above, the Broads Authority shall, for the purposes of this Act, be the sole district planning authority in relation to land within the Broads.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 62(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Ss. 3(8), 4(2)(3), 5(4), 6(2)(3), 7(2)(b) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt.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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 6(5)(6) added by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), s. 2(5), Sch. 3 para. 32"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/10/section/6",
    "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."
}