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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1974/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/51",
  "legislation_title": "Rent Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1974",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the Rent Act 1968 and the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 and the provisions of Part II of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 relating to rent allowances, and for connected purposes.\n[31st July 1974]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act excluded by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 144, Sch. 28 para. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) by Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58, SIF 75:4), s. 117(2)(3), Sch. 9 para. 6, Sch. 10"
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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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