{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-use-classes-order-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-use-classes-order-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/764",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-use-classes-order-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 28th April 1987\nComing into force 1st June 1987\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22(2) (f) and 287(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order applied (Crown) (with modifications) (E.) (7.6.2006) by The Town and Country Planning (Application of Subordinate Legislation to the Crown) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1282), arts. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971c.78; section 22(2) (f) was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/764/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."
}