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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988-commencement-no-4-order-1989/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/404",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988-commencement-no-4-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, the following provisions of the 1988 Act shall come into force on 1st April 1989–\nPart II to the extent that it is not yet in force, except in so far as section 59 relates to paragraph 27 of Schedule 6,\nsection 129,\nsection 140(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 66, 89, 97, 103 and 106–113 of Schedule 17, and\nsection 140(2) in so far as it relates to the repeals in–\n(a) the 1985 Act, except for\n(i) section 55, and\n(ii) sections 56 and 57 in so far as they relate to hostel deficit grants,\n(b) the Housing and Planning Act 1986 to the extent that such repeals are not yet in force,\n(c) the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986,\n(d) the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 to the extent that such repeals are not yet in force,\n(e) the Local Government Act 1988, and\n(f) the Housing (Scotland Act 1988 to the extent that such repeals are not yet in force.\n(2) The following provisions of the 1988 Act shall come into force on 5th April 1989–\nPart IV to the extent that it is not yet in force,\nsection 127, and\nsection 140(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 17(1), 38 and 39 of Schedule 17.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 63."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1987 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1988 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1988 c. 43."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/404/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}