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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980/section-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980/section-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/51",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980",
  "path": "section/85",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application of Part III.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act any expression used in the 1977 Act has the same meaning as in that Act.\n(2) This Part of this Act applies to tenancies granted before as well as tenancies granted after the commencement of this Part of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/51/section/85",
    "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."
}