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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-transitional-provisions-order-1974/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Transitional Provisions) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-transitional-provisions-order-1974",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.\n(2) In this order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the Act of 1971” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1971;\n“existing” means existing immediately before 1st April 1974;\n“land” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1971;\n“Wales” means the area consisting of the counties established by section 20 of the Act (new local government areas in Wales), and “England” does not include any area included in any of those counties.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/459/article/3",
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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."
}