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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/51",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to give security of tenure, and the right to buy their homes, to tenants of local authorities and other bodies; to make other provision with respect to those and other tenants; to amend the law about housing finance in the public sector; to make other provision with respect to housing; to restrict the discretion of the court in making orders for possession of land; and for connected purposes.\n[8th August 1980]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Whole Act repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 339(3), Sch. 24"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act: transfer of functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1"
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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."
}