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  "long_title": "This Order makes provision for the coming into force of the following provisions in the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (“the Act”)—section 30(1) of the Act (local housing allowance);section 30(2) of the Act (insertion of section 130A (appropriate maximum housing benefit) into the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”);section 30(3) of the Act (amendment of paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals);section 35(1) to (3) of the Act (information relating to housing benefit);section 40 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 2) so far as it relates to the amendment of section 122(5) of the Housing Act 1996 (“the Housing Act”); andsection 67 and Schedule 8 to the Act (repeals), in so far as it relates to the repeal of—section 130(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (housing benefit);section 5(3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (“the Administration Act”) (power to make regulations about information or evidence required by rent officer);section 122(3) of the Housing Act (functions of rent officers in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy);in section 122(5)(b) of the Housing Act, the words “or regulations”; andparagraph 3(2) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act (housing benefit and related matters: consequential amendments).",
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