{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-purchase-assistance-price-limits-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-purchase-assistance-price-limits-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/270",
  "legislation_title": "The Home Purchase Assistance (Price-limits) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-purchase-assistance-price-limits-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nMade 18th February 1988\nLaid before the House of Commons 25th February 1988\nComing into force 18th March 1988\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of their powers under section 445 of the Housing Act 1985, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of his powers under section 222 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c. 26."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/270/introduction",
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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."
}