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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/17/section/53/enacted</dc:identifier><dc:title>Housing (Scotland) Act 2010</dc:title><dc:subject>Housing associations</dc:subject><dc:subject>Right to buy your home</dc:subject><dc:subject>Council housing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Social housing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Legislation</dc:subject><dc:publisher>King's Printer for Scotland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2017-10-06</dc:modified>
					
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<Text>This section applies where the Regulator is deciding—</Text>
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<Text>The Regulator must consider—</Text>
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<Text>the desirability of social landlords being free to choose how to provide housing services and manage their financial and other affairs,</Text>
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