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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2754",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 30th October 1996\nLaid before Parliament 31st October 1996\nComing into force 20th January 1997\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 185(2) and (3), 194(6) and 198(4) of the Housing Act 1996, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 52; see section 215 for the definition of prescribed ."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2754/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."
}