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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2014/7",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Wales) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to provide for the regulation of private rented housing; to reform the law relating to homelessness; to provide for assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers and to require local authorities to meet those needs; to make provision about the standards of housing provided by local authorities; to abolish housing revenue account subsidy; to allow fully mutual housing associations to grant assured tenancies; to make provision about council tax payable for empty dwellings; and for other housing purposes.\n[17 September 2014]\nHaving been passed by the National Assembly for Wales and having received the assent of Her Majesty, it is enacted as follows:",
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  "version": "current",
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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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