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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-selective-licensing-of-houses-additional-conditions-england-order-2015/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111131435",
  "legislation_title": "The Selective Licensing of Houses (Additional Conditions) (England) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-selective-licensing-of-houses-additional-conditions-england-order-2015",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Conditions in relation to housing conditions",
  "text": "The first set of conditions are—\n(a) that having carried out a review of housing conditions under section 3(1) of the 2004 Act, the local housing authority considers it would be appropriate for a significant number of the properties referred to in article 3(1)(a) to be inspected, with a view to determining whether any category 1 or category 2 hazards exist on the premises;\n(b) that the local housing authority intends to carry out such inspections as referred to in sub-paragraph (a), with a view to carrying out any necessary enforcement action; and\n(c) that making a designation will, when combined with other measures taken in the area by the local housing authority, or by other persons together with the local housing authority, including any licence conditions imposed under section 90 of the 2004 Act, contribute to an improvement in general housing conditions in the area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See sections 4 to 7 of the Housing Act 2004 (c.34)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111131435/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:49.956673+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}