{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2402",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-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. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.\n(2) In this Order—\n“landlord” means a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part I of the 1996 Act;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Housing Associations Act 1985;\n“the 1988 Act” means the Housing Act 1988;\n“the 1996 Act” means the Housing Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 69."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 50."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2402/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:35:17.325077+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."
}