{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-order-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 22nd February 1995\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 1995\nComing into force 3rd June 1995\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, 61(1), 65, 69, 71, 73(3), 74, 77(4), 78, 79(4), 188, 193, 196(4), and 333(7) of, and paragraphs 5, 6, 7(6) and 8(6) of Schedule 1 to, 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; sections 65 and 71(1), (2) and (2A) were substituted by section 16 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34); sections 69, 71(4), 74(2), 77(4), 79(4), 188, 196(4) and paragraph 8(6) of Schedule 1 were amended by paragraphs 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 30, 33 and 53(5) of Schedule 7 to the 1991 Act respectively; section 74(1A) was inserted, section 78 was amended, and section 193 was substituted, by sections 19(1), 17(2) and 10(1) of the 1991 Act respectively."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}