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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-covenants-act-1995-commencement-order-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2963",
  "legislation_title": "The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (Commencement) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-covenants-act-1995-commencement-order-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st January 1996 as the day on which the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (c. 30) shall come into force.\nThe Act makes provision for persons bound by covenants of a tenancy to be released from such covenants on the assignment of the tenancy, and makes other provision with respect to rights and liabilities arising under such covenants; restricts in certain circumstances the operation of rights of re-entry, forfeiture and disclaimer, and makes provision for connected matters.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2963/note",
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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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