{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-and-savingsengland-order-2006/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1060",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions and Savings)(England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-and-savingsengland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) — This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) (England) Order 2006.\n(2) This Order applies in relation to England only.\n(3) In this Order—\n(a) “the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985;\n(b) “the 2004 Act” means the Housing Act 2004;\n(c) “the first commencement date” means 6th April 2006;\n(d) “the second commencement date” means 6th July 2006; and\n(e) any reference to a repeal is to a repeal contained in Schedule 16 to the 2004 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1060/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:30:09.495918+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."
}