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  "long_title": "Part VI of the Housing Act 1996 is concerned with the allocation of housing accommodation by local housing authorities in England and Wales. These Regulations make provision for cases where allocations are not subject to Part VI (regulation 3) and prescribe classes of person who qualify (regulations 4 and 5) or do not qualify (regulation 6) to be allocated housing under that Part. The Regulations also prescribe the information which must be contained in an authority’s housing register (regulation 7) and what an authority must do before exercising their discretion to remove someone from their register (regulation 8).",
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