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<Text>In the <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22" id="c00175" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2016" Number="22">Housing and Planning Act 2016</Citation>, omit <InternalLink Ref="part-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/26/part/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/26/part/3">Part 3</InternalLink> (recovering abandoned premises under assured shorthold tenancies).</Text>
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