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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-scotland-order-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-scotland-order-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND\nMade 11th February 1992\nLaid before Parliament 21st February 1992\nComing into force 13th March 1992\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21(2)(b) and (3), 22(1)(b) and (c) and (2), 23(1) and (2), 24(6), 28 (as read with regulation 5 of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988, 31(2), (3) and (5) (as read with paragraph 6 of Schedule 12), 33(2) and (5), 34, 39(1), 51(2), 90(5) and (6) and 273(3) of and Schedule 12 to,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": "S.I. 1988/1221."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 52; section 21 was extended by the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12), Schedule 4, paragraph 54(2); section 21(2)(b) was amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) (“the 1973 Act”), section 172(2); section 21(3) was substituted by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63) (“the 1986 Act”), Schedule 11, paragraph 30; section 22 was amended by the 1973 Act, section 172(2) and by the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43) (“the 1982 Act”), Schedule 2, paragraph 2; section 23(1) and (2) were substituted by the 1982 Act, section 41; section 28 was amended by the 1973 Act, section 172(2) and Schedule 29 and by the 1982 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 6, and extended by S.I. 1988/1221; section 31(2) by the 1973 Act, section 172(2) and section 31(5) was added by the 1982 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 9; section 33(5) was amended by the 1973 act, section 172(2), by the 1982 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 11(b) and by the 1986 Act, Schedule 11, paragraph 55; section 34 was amended by the 1973 Act, section 172(2) and the 1982 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 12; section 39(1) was amended by the 1973 Act, section 172(2); section 90(5) was amended by the 1973 Act, section 172(2); Schedule 12, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 was amended by the 1973 Act, section 172(2)."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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