{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-fitness-enforcement-procedures-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2885",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Fitness Enforcement Procedures) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-fitness-enforcement-procedures-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order, “enforcement action” means action of any of the kinds specified in paragraph (2).\n(2) The kinds of action are —\n(a) serving a deferred action notice under section 81 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, or renewing such a notice under section 84 of that Act;\n(b) serving a notice under section 189 of the Housing Act 1985 (repair notice in respect of a house which is unfit for human habitation);\n(c) serving a notice under section 190 of that Act of 1985 (repair notice in respect of house in state of disrepair but not unfit for human habitation);\n(d) making a closing order under section 264 of that Act of 1985; and\n(e) making a demolition order under section 265 of that Act of 1985.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 189 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 190 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 15 to the Housing Act 1988 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 264 was substituted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 265 was also substituted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}