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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2003/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation of Housing (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-wales-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Housing Act 1996;\n“the Common Travel Area” (“Ardal Deithio Gyffredin”) means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland collectively; and\n“the immigration rules” (“y rheolau mewnfudo”) mean the rules laid down as mentioned in section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 (general provisions for regulation and control).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 77."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "type": "word omitted by S.I. 2022/907, Sch. 1 para. 21(a)(i) (as substituted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2022/1077",
      "affecting_title": "The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022"
    },
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      "type": "word substituted by S.I. 2022/907, Sch. 1 para. 21(a)(ii) (as substituted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2022/1077",
      "affecting_title": "The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted by S.I. 2022/907, Sch. 1 para. 21(a)(iii) (as substituted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2022/1077",
      "affecting_title": "The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/239/regulation/2",
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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."
}