{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-56A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-56A.json",
  "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  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997",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/56A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56A",
  "heading": "[Hazardous substances.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section . . . , it shall be the duty of the planning authority to control hazardous substances in accordance with the provisions of this Act.\n(2) An urban development corporation shall control hazardous substances in their area if they are the planning authority in relation to all kinds of development.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed (18.2.1993) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. VII; S.I. 1993/274, art.2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 56A inserted (18.2.1993 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.5.1993) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 35 (with s. 38(1)); S.I. 1993/273, arts.3, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 56A amended (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 40(1), 51(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II para.14 (with ss. 42, 46)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/56A",
    "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."
}