{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008-registration-of-local-authorities-order-2010/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/844",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008-registration-of-local-authorities-order-2010",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirement to register",
  "text": "(1) The regulator shall register an English local authority if the regulator becomes aware that the authority—\n(a) is a provider of social housing, or\n(b) intends to become a provider of social housing.\n(2) Once registered, the authority remains registered unless and until removed under section 118(4) of the Act (inserted by Schedule 1 to this Order).\n(3) In this article—\n“English local authority” means—\n(a) a local housing authority in England, or\n(b) a county council in England;\n“register” means enter in the register established under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 1.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/844/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:47:10.433059+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."
}