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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-unitary-development-plans-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Unitary Development Plans) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-unitary-development-plans-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 1st February 1988\nLaid before Parliament 8th February 1988\nComing into force 29th February 1988\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 4(3) of, and paragraphs 2(2)(b), (3) and (6), 3(1), 10(2), 10A(4), 12(2), 13(2) and 14(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1985 and sections 287(1) and 290 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 51: paragraph 10A is inserted by Part II of Schedule 10 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63) and paragraph 12 is amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 78."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/139/introduction",
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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."
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