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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-asylum-seekers-interim-period-england-order-1999/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3126",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness (Asylum-Seekers) (Interim Period) (England) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-asylum-seekers-interim-period-england-order-1999",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Discharge of functions by local housing authorities",
  "text": "In section 206 (discharge of functions by local housing authorities), after subsection (1), there shall be inserted—\n“(1A) In discharging their housing functions under this Part, a local housing authority shall have regard to the desirability, in general, of securing accommodation in areas in which there is a ready supply of accommodation.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3126/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:43.840663+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."
}