{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-scotland-amendment-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/749",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-scotland-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND\nMade 5th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 19th March 1997\nComing into force 9th April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 28(1)(c) and 273(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 52; section 28(1) was relevantly amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), section 172(2) and the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 13, paragraph 7(a)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/749/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."
}