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  "title": "The Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1997",
  "short_title": "Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) 1997",
  "long_title": "This Order specifies nine bodies as approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges on disposals under the right to buy). Other bodies have been specified by previous orders. Such bodies are also approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 36 of that Act (priority of charges on voluntary disposals by local authorities) and section 12 of the Housing Act 1996 (priority of charges on voluntary disposals by registered social landlords).",
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