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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-7-and-savings-order-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/225",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-7-and-savings-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement and Savings",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Housing Act 1996 shall come into force on the commencement date, subject to the savings in the Schedule to this Order—\nsection 96 to the extent that it is not already in force,\nsections 97 to 104,\nsections 148 to 151, and\nsection 227 in so far as it relates to the repeals in Part IV of Schedule 19.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/225/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:26:34.395820+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."
}