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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2959",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "Subject to the transitional provision in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 20th January 1997—\nsections 175 and 176,\nsection 177 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 178 to 181,\nsection 183 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsection 184,\nsection 185 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 186 to 188,\nsection 189 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 190 to 193,\nsection 194 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 195 to 197,\nsection 198 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsection 199 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 200 to 202,\nsection 203 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 204 to 206,\nsection 207 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 208 and 209,\nsection 210 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 211 to 214,\nsection 216, and\nsection 227 in so far as it relates to Part VIII of Schedule 19.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2959/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."
}