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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-information-from-landlords-and-agents-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2436",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Information from Landlords and Agents) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-information-from-landlords-and-agents-regulations-1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations implement provisions of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997. Regulation 2 gives local authorities administering housing benefit and any person exercising such functions for them a power to require certain landlords and their agents to provide information as to their interests in residential property, including that of any associated bodies (regulations 3 and 4).\nRegulation 5 makes provision as to the time when and way in which that information is to be provided to the person requiring it.\nRegulation 6 makes it a criminal offence to fail to provide such information, punishable by a fine at level 3 (currently £1,000), plus, for a continuing offence after conviction, a daily penalty of £40 for each day on which it continues.\nAn assessment of the costs to business of applying the provisions of section 11 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 was placed in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament on 24 January 1997 when the amendment inserting section 11 in the Social Security Administration Bill was introduced. No changes to that assessment arise from the application of these Regulations. Copies of this assessment can be obtained from the Department of Social Security, Room 5/05A, The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT (telephone 0171-962-8299).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2436/note",
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  "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."
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