Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002
| Year | 2002 |
2002 No. 2051
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002
Made 30th July 2002
Coming into force 31th July 2002
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 189(2) of the Housing Act 19961, having consulted such associations representing relevant authorities, and such other persons as he considers appropriate, in accordance with section 189(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England only.
(3) In this Order—
“looked after, accommodated or fostered” has the meaning given by section 24(2) of the Children Act 19892; and
“relevant student” means a person to whom section 24B(3) of that Act applies—
(a) who is in full-time further or higher education; and
(b) whose term-time accommodation is not available to him during a vacation.
Priority need for accommodation
2. The descriptions of person specified in the following articles have a priority need for accommodation for the purposes of Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996.
Children aged 16 or 17
3.—(1) A person (other than a person to whom paragraph (2) below applies) aged sixteen or seventeen who is not a relevant child for the purposes of section 23A of the Children Act 1989.
(2) This paragraph applies to a person to whom a local authority owe a duty to provide accommodation under section 20 of that Act (provision of accommodation for children in need).
Young people under 21
4.—(1) A person (other than a relevant student) who—
(a)
(a) is under twenty-one; and
(b)
(b) at any time after reaching the age of sixteen, but while still under eighteen, was, but is no longer, looked after, accommodated or fostered.
Vulnerability: institutional backgrounds
5.—(1) A person (other than a relevant student) who has reached the age of twenty-one and who is vulnerable as a result of having been looked after, accommodated or fostered.
(2) A person who is vulnerable as a result of having been a member of Her Majesty’s regular naval, military or air forces.
(3) A person who is vulnerable as a result of—
(a)
(a) having served a custodial sentence (within the meaning of section 76 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000)3;
(b)
(b) having been committed for...
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