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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986-commencement-no-1-order-1986/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/2262",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986-commencement-no-1-order-1986",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 shall come into force on 7th January 1987 (“the commencement date”)—\n(a) the provisions of Part I of the Act (housing) specified in Schedule 1 to this order, subject to the transitional provisions specified in that Schedule;\n(b) the provisions of Part III of the Act (financial assistance for urban regeneration); and\n(c) the provisions of Part VI of the Act (miscellaneous provisions) specified in Schedule 2 to this order, subject to the transitional provisions specified in that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/2262/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."
}