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  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988",
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  "text": "For the purposes of this class—\n“1984 Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984;\n“land controlled by an operator” means land occupied by the operator in right of a freehold interest or a leasehold interest under a lease granted for a term of not less than 10 years;\n“development in accordance with a licence” means development carried out by an operator in pursuance of a right conferred on that operator under the telecommunications code, and in accordance with any conditions relating to the application of that code imposed by the terms of his licence;\n“relevant period” means a period which expires either six months from the commencement of the use permitted by this paragraph or when the need for that use ceases, whichever occurs first;\n“telecommunications apparatus” means any apparatus falling within the definition of that term in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1984 Act;\n“the telecommunications code” means the code contained in Schedule 2 to the 1984 Act;\n“telecommunications code system operator” means a person who has been granted a licence under section 7 of the 1984 Act which applies the telecommunications code to him in pursuance of section 10 of that Act;\n“telecommunication system” has the meaning assigned to that term by section 4(1) of the 1984 Act.",
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      "text": "1984 c. 12."
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