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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/129</dc:identifier><dc:title>Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for grants and other assistance for housing purposes and about action in relation to unfit housing; to amend the law relating to construction contracts and architects; to provide grants and other assistance for regeneration and development and in connection with clearance areas; to amend the provisions relating to home energy efficiency schemes; to make provision in connection with the dissolution of urban development corporations, housing action trusts and the Commission for the New Towns; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:date>1996-07-24</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-05-23</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2025-05-19</dct:valid>
					
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