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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1880",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Inquiries as to dwellings",
  "text": "An authority may authorise a contractor as regards each financial year commencing with the financial year beginning on 1st April 1993, to take such steps as the contractor considers reasonable to ascertain whether any dwellings in the authority’s area will be or were exempt dwellings for any period during the year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1880/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:43.687150+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}