{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-amendment-order-1988-uksi-1988-1272/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1272",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-amendment-order-1988-uksi-1988-1272",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 21st July 1988\nLaid before Parliament 28th July 1988\nComing into force 18th August 1988\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 24, 31 and 287(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 78; section 31 was extended by regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1199)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1272/introduction",
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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."
}