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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-act-2002-commencement-no-3-england-order-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3114",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-act-2002-commencement-no-3-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 various provisions of the Homelessness Act 2002 in relation to England.\nArticle 2, which comes into force on 5th December 2002, gives the Secretary of State power to make regulations under a new section 160A of the housing Act 1996 (allocation only to eligible persons).\nThe following provisions specified in article 3, which come into force on 31 January 2002, primarily relate to the allocation of housing accommodation under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52):\nsection 13 (application of Part 6 to existing tenants);\nsection 14 (abolition of duty to maintain housing register);\nsection 15 (application for housing accommodation);\nsection 16 (allocation schemes);\nsection 18 (minor and consequential amendments).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3114/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:35:50.600295+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."
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