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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980/schedule-25/paragraph-61",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/51",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1980",
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  "path": "schedule/25/paragraph/61",
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  "number": "61",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Protection from Eviction Act 1977 shall apply, where a person has been let into possession of a dwelling-house under the terms of a rental purchase agreement (within the meaning of section 88 of this Act) as if—\n(a) the dwelling-house had been let to him as a dwelling under a tenancy which is not a statutorily protected tenancy (within the meaning of section 3 of that Act); and\n(b) that tenancy had come to an end on the termination of the agreement or of his right to possession under it.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/51/schedule/25/paragraph/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:10.882788+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."
}