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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-england-amendment-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2047",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-england-amendment-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND\nMade 6th August 2003\nLaid before Parliament 14th August 2003\nComing into force\nAll articles except article 5 5th September 2003\nArticle 5 5th December 2003\nThe First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 59, 71, 74, 78 and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 hereby makes 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. The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 59, 71, 74, 78 and 333(7) were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672: see the entry in article 2 of and Schedule 1 for the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2047/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."
}