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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-acquire-regulations-1997/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/619",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-acquire-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The right to acquire does not arise if the dwelling-house—\n(a) forms part of, or is within the curtilage of, a building which, or so much of it as is held by the landhold, is held mainly for purposes other than housing purposes and consists mainly of accommodation other than housing accommodation, or is situated in a cemetery, and\n(b) was let to the tenant or a predecessor in title of his in consequence of the tenant or predecessor being in the employment of the landlord or of—\na local authority,\na new town corporation,\na housing action trust,\nthe Development Board for Rural Wales,\nan urban development corporation, or\nthe governors of an aided school.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) “housing purposes” means the purposes for which dwelling-houses are held by local housing authorities under Part II (provision of housing) or purposes corresponding to those purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/619/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:23:14.738527+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}