{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Application of housing management provisions.",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of this Part down to section 27BA (general provisions on housing management matters) apply in relation to all houses held by a local housing authority for housing purposes.\n(2) References in those provisions to an authority’s houses shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt II para. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 3(3); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+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."
}