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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-residential-accommodation-prescribed-requirements-and-codes-of-practice-amendment-order-2016/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/9",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-residential-accommodation-prescribed-requirements-and-codes-of-practice-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the 2014 Order",
  "text": "In article 2 (interpretation) at the appropriate places insert—\n““charity” means a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011, or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register;”\n““further education institution” means an institution which is within the further education sector;”\n““higher education institution” means—\n(a) an institution that has been granted degree-awarding powers by either a Royal Charter, an Act of Parliament or the Privy Council; or\n(b) an institution not falling within paragraph (a) but which provides full courses that lead to the award of a degree by an institution falling within that paragraph;”\n““public authority” has the meaning given by section 6(3) of the Human Rights Act 1998;”\n““voluntary organisation” means a body (other than a public authority) whose activities are not carried on for profit.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2011 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2008 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The Scottish Charity Register was set up pursuant to section 3 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1998 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/9/article/3",
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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."
}