{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-amendment-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-amendment-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/42",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-amendment-act-1972-repealed-2751997",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Short title, citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972, . . . —\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Sections 1 to 6 . . . of this Act (with Schedules 1 . . . ) do not extend to Scotland, and nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12(1)(a) and word “and” repealed by Town and Country Amenities Act 1974 (c. 32, SIF 123:1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 7(2), 12(1)(b) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12(2) repealed by Town and Country Amenities Act 1974 (c. 32, SIF 123:1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Town and Country Amenities Act 1974 (c. 32, SIF 123:1), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/42/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:51.330814+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."
}