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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-development-agency-act-1975/schedule-4/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/70",
  "legislation_title": "Welsh Development Agency Act 1975",
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  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the Assembly, in relation to a house in Wales, or the Secretary of State in relation to a house in England, certifies that possession of a house which—\n(a) has been acquired by the Assembly under section 21A above; and\n(b) is for the time being held by the Assembly for the purposes for which it was acquired,\nis immediately required for those purposes, nothing in the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, the Rent Act 1977 or the Housing Act 1988 shall prevent the Assembly from obtaining possession of the house.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 16 substituted (1.4.2006) by The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), Sch. 1 para. 33(9) (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 16: words in Act substituted (1.4.2006) by The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), {Sch. 1 para. 1, 2} (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1976 c. 80."
    },
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1977 c. 42."
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1988 c. 50."
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