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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-344",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/344",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "344",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions:Part X",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression used in the same section or paragraph):—\nagent (in relation to the landlord of a dwelling)\nsection 343\ndistrict (of a local housing authority)\nsection 2(1)\ndwelling\nsection 343\nlandlord\nsections 343 and 621\nlocal housing authority\nsection 1, 2(2)\novercrowding (and related expressions)\nsection 324\nowner\nsection 343\npermitted number (of persons sleeping in a dwelling)\nsection 326\nprescribed\nsection 614\nstandard scale (in reference to the maximum fine on summary conviction)\nsection 622\nsuitable alternative accommodation\nsection 342",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/344",
    "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."
}