{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-156",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-156.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/42",
  "legislation_title": "Rent Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977",
  "path": "section/156",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "156",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Rent Act 1977.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on the expiry of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/156",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:12.956086+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."
}