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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "asp/2001/10",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2001",
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  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/5",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "(1) In determining for the purposes of paragraph 1 whether a house is fit for human habitation, regard is to be had to the extent, if any, to which by reason of disrepair or sanitary defects the house falls short of the provisions of any building regulations in force in the area.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “building regulations” has the same meaning as in section 338(1) of the 1987 Act.",
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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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