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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-applications-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1812",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Applications) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-applications-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 21st October 1988\nLaid before Parliament 31st October 1988\nComing into force 5th December 1988\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in the exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 25 and 287(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 78."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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