{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-hierarchy-of-developments-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/51",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Hierarchy of Developments) (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-hierarchy-of-developments-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING\nMade 12th February 2009\nComing into force 6th April 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26A(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and of all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 26A(5) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 8. Section 26A was inserted by section 5 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/51/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."
}