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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-act-2002-commencement-no-1-england-order-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1799",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-act-2002-commencement-no-1-england-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force, on 31st July 2002, the following provisions of the Homelessness Act 2002 in relation to England:\nsections 1 to 4 (homelessness reviews and strategies);\nsections 5 to 7, 9 and 10 (other functions relating to homelessness);\nsection 19 (financial provision);\nminor and consequential amendments and repeals.\nThe Order also brings section 12 (co-operation in certain cases involving children) into force on 1st October 2002.\nThe following provisions came into force on Royal Assent:\nsection 8\nparagraphs 3 and 7 of Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1799/note",
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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."
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