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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-reasonable-and-additional-preference-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1902",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation of Housing (Reasonable and Additional Preference) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-reasonable-and-additional-preference-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 30th July 1997\nComing into force 1st November 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 section 167(3) of the Housing Act 1996 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "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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