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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-4-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2658",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-4-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "Section 167 of the Housing Act 1996 shall come into force on 23rd October 1996 for the purposes of requiring a local housing authority to consult on an allocation scheme prior to its adoption and enabling them to adopt the scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2658/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:33:35.878475+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."
}