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6. Article 5 does not apply where—
(a)the local authority believes that the applicant may be homeless or threatened with homelessness as a result of an emergency, such as flood, fire or other disaster;
(b)the local authority has offered the applicant accommodation that meets the requirements of article 5, but the applicant wishes to be accommodated in other accommodation that does not meet those requirements;
(c)the accommodation is used wholly or mainly to provide temporary accommodation to persons who have left their homes as a result of domestic abuse and is managed by an organisation which—
(i)is not a public authority or a local authority; and
(ii)does not trade for profit; or
(d)the accommodation is owned by a local authority and services relating to health, child care or family welfare are provided to persons accommodated there.
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