{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mortgage-indemnities-recognised-bodiesorder-1990/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mortgage-indemnities-recognised-bodiesorder-1990/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1389",
  "legislation_title": "The Mortgage Indemnities (Recognised Bodies)Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mortgage-indemnities-recognised-bodiesorder-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies four additional bodies as recognised bodies for the purposes of sections 442 and 443 of the Housing Act 1985. (Other bodies have been specified in previous Orders.)\nSection 442 provides for a local authority, with the approval of the Secretary of State, to enter into agreements with a recognised body to indemnify such a body against any loss or expense arising from an advance made by it on the security of a house or flat bought from one of the landlords listed in section 444(4) of the Act. Section 443 provides for a local authority to contribute towards costs incurred in connection with a legal charge to secure such an advance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1389/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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