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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plan-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/531",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plan-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 26th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 3rd March 1997\nComing into force 24th March 1997\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 12, 26, 31, 36, 37(4), 38(5), 53 and 336(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Part 1 and paragraph 17 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following regulations—",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 8. Sections 12, 26, 31 and 53 were amended by paragraphs 2, 15, 16 and 28 of Schedule 4 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991. Section 13 was substituted by paragraph 4, sections 33, 36, 37(4), 38(5) and 40 by paragraph 17, section 46 by paragraph 22, and paragraph 4 of Part 1 and paragraph 17 of Part II of Schedule 2 by paragraph 36(2), of Schedule 4 to the 1991 Act. Part 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19). See the definition of “prescribed” in section 336(1)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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