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Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 14 Cited in Amendments 3 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2002/2051
(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—
  • 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.
    • (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 F6or, as the case may be, is not a category 2 young person within the meaning of section 104(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.(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 F7or, as the case may be, section 76 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (accommodation for children without parents or who are lost or abandoned etc) ) .is under twenty-one; andat any time

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