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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-38",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Information services",
  "text": "(1) The HCA may—\n(a) publish ideas or information, or\n(b) disseminate or promote ideas or information in other ways.\n(2) The HCA may undertake research or experimentation.\n(3) The HCA may provide other information services.\n(4) The HCA may facilitate—\n(a) the publication or other dissemination or promotion of ideas or information,\n(b) research or experimentation, or\n(c) the provision of other information services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 in force at 1.12.2008 by S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(p) (with arts. 6-13)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:57.313988+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."
}