{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-amendment-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/858",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 17th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 17th March 1997\nComing into force 1st July 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 59, 74(1) and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 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": "1990 c. 8 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/858/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."
}