{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-2-and-savings-order-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-2-and-savings-order-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2212",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-2-and-savings-order-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order 1996.\n(2) In this Order:\n“the Act” means the Housing Act 1996 and all reference to sections or Schedules (without more) are to sections of or Schedules to the Act; and\n“the commencement date” means 1st October 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2212/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:18.005516+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."
}