{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-buy-priority-of-charges-order-1996-uksi-1996-162/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/162",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-buy-priority-of-charges-order-1996-uksi-1996-162",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 30th January 1996\nComing into force 20th February 1996\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 156(4) of the Housing Act 1985 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 68; section 156(4) was amended by the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), Schedule 17, paragraph 106."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/162/introduction",
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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."
}