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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-consequential-provisions-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-53",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/71",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-consequential-provisions-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/53",
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  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 35(1) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (interpretation of Part II)—\n(a) before the definition of “Housing Revenue Account rebate” insert—\n““Housing Revenue Account dwelling”, in relation to a local authority, means a dwelling which is within the authority’s Housing Revenue Account (within the meaning of Part XIII of the Housing Act 1985) and is not—\n(a) a dwelling for the time being let on a long tenancy at a low rent within the meaning of the Lease-hold Reform Act 1967, or\n(b) a dwelling no longer owned by the authority;”;\n(b) in the definition of “Housing Revenue Account rebate” omit the words “(within the meaning of the Housing Finance Act 1972)”.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/71/schedule/2/paragraph/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:42.575765+00:00"
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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."
}