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Make provision for the protection of gardens and urban green spaces; and for |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Amendment of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 |
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(1) | The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) is amended as follows. |
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(2) | After section 71A insert— |
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“71B | Duty as respects gardens and urban green space in exercise of |
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In the exercise of any function under or by virtue of the planning Acts, |
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the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) or the Planning and |
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Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), special regard shall be had to the |
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desirability of preserving gardens and urban green spaces.” |
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(3) | In section 336, after the definition of “function”, insert— |
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(a) | land laid out as a public garden; |
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(b) | land used for the purposes of public recreation; or |
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(c) | an area of open space which benefits wildlife and |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc) Act 2009. |
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(2) | This Act extends to England and Wales only. |
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