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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-housing-regulation-act-2023/schedule-5/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/36",
  "legislation_title": "Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-housing-regulation-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 198 (supplemental provisions about standards), after subsection (5) insert—\n“(6) In setting standards the regulator must have regard to the desirability of registered providers being free to choose how to provide services and conduct business.”",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 20 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 46(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 20 in force at 20.9.2023 by S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(y)(iv)"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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