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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-assembly-for-wales-legislative-competence-housing-order-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111472903",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) Order 2009",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Government of Wales Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). The Order extends the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales to make laws known as Measures of the National Assembly for Wales (referred to in the 2006 Act as “Assembly Measures”). The legislative competence conferred by this Order is subject to general limitations on the exercise of that legislative competence, which apply by virtue of section 94 of, and Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.\nArticle 2(1) inserts matter 11.1 and interpretation provisions into field 11 (housing) of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the 2006 Act. The matter is about disposals by social landlords of land held or used for housing purposes.\nArticle 2(2) inserts paragraph 2B into Part 2 of Schedule 5 (general restrictions), which provides that a provision of an Assembly Measure cannot abolish the right to buy, preserved right to buy or right to acquire. For those purposes, neither of the following is to be taken to be abolition of those rights—\n(a) suspension of the rights in particular circumstances;\n(b) modification of those rights so that they cease to apply in relation to particular classes of dwelling.\nArticle 2(3) inserts paragraph 7B into Part 3 of Schedule 5 (exceptions from Part 2), which provides that Part 2 of Schedule 5 does not prevent a provision of an Assembly Measure from abolishing the right to buy, preserved right to buy or right to acquire if both the Welsh Ministers and the Secretary of State consent to the provision.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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