{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016-commencement-no-9-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/805",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016-commencement-no-9-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Housing and Planning Act 2016;\n“the 2008 Act” means the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;\n“pre-commencement housing moratorium” means a moratorium under section 145 of the 2008 Act that begins before 5th July 2018.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c.17."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/805/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:56.228209+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."
}