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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-608",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-608.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/608",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "608",
  "heading": "Acquisition of ancient monuments, &c.",
  "text": "Land which is the site of an ancient monument or other object of archaeological interest—\n(a) may not be acquired for the purposes of . . . Part IX (slum clearance), and\n(b) may be acquired for the purposes of Part II (provision of housing) only by compulsory purchase order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), ss. 165(1)(e), 194(4), Sch. 9 Pt. V para. 87, Sch. 12 Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/608",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}