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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-and-homelessness-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/631",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-and-homelessness-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 5th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 1997\nComing into force\nRegulation 1 28th March 1997\nRegulations 2 and 3 1st April 1997\nRegulations 4 and 5 28th March 1997\nRegulation 6(a) 1st April 1997\nRegulation 6(b) and (c) 28th March 1997\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 161(2) and (3), 165(1), 185(2) and (3) and 203(1) of the Housing Act 1996, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 52."
    }
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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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