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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-financial-provisions-scotland-act-1972/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/46",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-financial-provisions-scotland-act-1972",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to introduce a new system of housing subsidies for housing authorities; to provide for rent rebate and rent allowance schemes administered by housing authorities; to make provision as to the housing accounts of local authorities; to amend the law about rents of houses and in particular those subject to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 or provided by housing authorities; and to make other provision as to housing finance.\n[27th July 1972]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act amended by Pensioners snd Family Income Supplement Payments Act 1972 (c. 75), s. 1(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act repealed, except ss. 69, 78, and 81, and Sch. 9 para. 31 by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(3), Sch. 24"
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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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