{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-96",
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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/96",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Evidence",
  "text": "In considering whether to exercise a power under this Part the regulator may have regard to information or opinions from any source including, in particular, from—\n(a) tenants,\n(b) bodies representing tenants,\n(c) local housing authorities, or\n(d) the Commission for Local Administration in England or a housing ombudsman.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 96(d) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 96(d) substituted (20.9.2023) by Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 5 para. 6; S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(y)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 96 in force at 8.9.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 96 in force at 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/96",
    "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."
}