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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-28",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2887",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991",
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  "number": "28",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home, and in respect of which he is taking steps to obtain possession and has sought legal advice, or has commenced legal proceedings, with a view to obtaining possession, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he first sought such advice or first commenced such proceedings whichever is the earlier, or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable him to obtain possession and commence occupation of those premises.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 28 in force at 7.4.1992, see reg. 1"
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      "affecting_title": "The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 8) Regulations 2001"
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      "affecting_title": "The Tax Credits (New Deal Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2001"
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      "affecting_title": "The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 6) Regulations 2001"
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    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/378",
      "affecting_title": "The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/2128",
      "affecting_title": "The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007"
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      "type": "words substituted",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:00.399326+00:00"
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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."
}