The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order 2014

Interpretation S

2.  In this Order—

“the 1987 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; F1 ...

[F2 “community hosting” means the provision of a spare room and other support by a member of the community to a homeless household in crisis for a short period of time;]

[F3 “coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2);]

“household” means the applicant and any person who resides, or might reasonably be expected to reside, with the applicant[F4 ;]

[F5 “isolate” in relation to a person means separation of that person from any other person in such manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus;]

[F6 “minimum accommodation safety standards” includes standards specified in an enactment for accommodation in relation to health and safety, hygiene, fire, furniture and electrical equipment;

“rapid access accommodation” means emergency temporary accommodation for rough sleepers which consists of a bed, safe space, and which—

(a)

provides on-site homelessness and support assessments; and

(b)

provides support to access specialist support for residents; and

“shared tenancy accommodation” means accommodation which is not large scale or congregate in nature and which—

(a)

is shared, small scale and of a good standard;

(b)

is provided to residents on a temporary basis pending placement in settled accommodation; and

(c)

in which each resident has his or her own bedroom.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 2 omitted (6.5.2020) by virtue of The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

F2 Words in art. 2 inserted (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)

F3 Words in art. 2 inserted (temp.) (6.5.2020 to 30.9.2020) by virtue of The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(a) (with art. 1(2) and S.S.I. 2020/268, arts. 1(1), 2)

F4 Semicolon in art. 2 substituted for full stop (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(c)

F5 Words in art. 2 inserted (temp.) (6.5.2020 to 30.9.2020) by virtue of The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(b) (with art. 1(2) and S.S.I. 2020/268, arts. 1(1), 2)

F6 Words in art. 2 inserted (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(d)