{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-development-corporations-planning-functions-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/535",
  "legislation_title": "The Urban Development Corporations (Planning Functions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-development-corporations-planning-functions-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Urban Development\nMade 27th February 2012\nLaid before Parliament 2nd March 2012\nComing into force 31st March 2012\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 149(1), (3) and (11) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 65; section 149 was amended by Schedule 1 to, and paragraph 44(6) of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11). There are other amendments not relevant to this Order. Section 149(1) enables the Secretary of State to provide that an urban development corporation shall be the local planning authority for the whole or any portion of its area for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1990 Act and in relation to such kinds of development as may be prescribed; see section 149(13) for the definition of “prescribed”. See also, in relation to urban development corporations, section 7 of the 1990 Act."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/535/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."
}