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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-278",
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  "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/278",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "278",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.\n(2) Except as provided in Schedule 3 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997, this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which it is passed.\n(3) Subject to subsection (4), this Act extends to Scotland only.\n(4) Section 70 and Schedule 7 extend also to England and Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1997 c. 11."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/section/278",
    "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."
}