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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1984",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 12th August 1997\nLaid before Parliament 12th August 1997\nComing into force\nArticles 1, 8 and 10(1) 18th August 1997\nRemainder 3rd September 1997\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 122 of the Housing Act 1996, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1996 c.52."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. of the amending S.I.) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/236), art. 4, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1984/introduction",
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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."
}