{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-saving-and-transitory-provisions-order-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3068",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional, Saving and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-saving-and-transitory-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional, Saving and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1993 Act” means the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;\n“the Act” means the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;\n“the CNT” means the Commission for the New Towns;\n“the HCA” means the Homes and Communities Agency;\n“the URA” means the Urban Regeneration Agency;\n“the commencement date” means 1st December 2008.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c.28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3068/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:21:19.457349+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."
}