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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-281",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/52",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997",
  "path": "section/281",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "281",
  "heading": "Citations and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.\n(2) The Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972 and this Act may be cited together as the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts 1972.\n(3) This Act, except so far as it provides for Joint Planning Inquiry Commissions. . . , extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c. 42."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/281",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:43.298883+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}