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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-2003-order-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/528",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (2003 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-2003-order-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order provides for the coming into operation of Articles 122, 144 and 146 of and Schedule 3 to the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”).\nArticle 122 of the 2003 Order, which enables district councils to institute proceedings against landlords who do not provide tenants with rent books; and Article 144 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 2003 Order, which make provision for a registration scheme for houses in multiple occupation, come into operation on 1st January 2004; and\nArticle 146 of the 2003 Order, which enables the Commissioner for Complaints for Northern Ireland to investigate complaints against registered housing associations, comes into operation on 1st April 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/528/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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