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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-procedure-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/483",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation of Housing (Procedure) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-procedure-regulations-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nSection 167 of the Housing Act 1996 requires local housing authorities to have an allocation scheme for determining priorities, and as to the procedure to be followed, in allocating housing accommodation.\nThese Regulations prescribe, as regards procedure, the principle that a member shall not, at the time the allocation decision is made, be included in the decision-making body where the housing accommodation in question is in his electoral division or ward, or the person to whom the housing may be allocated resides in that division or ward.\nThe Regulations apply to local housing authorities in England.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/483/note",
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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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