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  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
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  "heading": "Principal powers",
  "text": "The HCA may do anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of its objects or for purposes incidental to those purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 3 in force at 8.9.2008 by S.I. 2008/2358, art. 2(1)"
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