{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-271A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-271A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "section/271A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "271A",
  "heading": "Service of notices on the Crown",
  "text": "(1) Any notice or other document required under this Act to be served on the Crown must be served on the appropriate authority.\n(2) Section 271 does not apply for the purposes of the service of such a notice or document.\n(3) “ Appropriate authority ” must be construed in accordance with section 242.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 271A inserted (12.6.2006) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 121(4), Sch. 5 para. 17 (with s. 111); S.S.I. 2006/268, art. 3(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/section/271A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:15.132338+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."
}