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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-consequential-provisions-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation_title": "Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 50 of the Brine Pumping (Compensation for Subsidence) Act 1891 (persons excluded from right to compensation), a local authority is entitled to compensation in accordance with the provisions of that Act in respect of any injury or damage to houses belonging to them which were provided under a housing scheme towards the losses on which the Secretary of State, or any predecessor of his, was liable to contribute under the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919 at any time before 10th August 1972.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “local authority” means a county council, district council or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1919 c. 35."
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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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