SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Consequential Amendments
F1 Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c.48)
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1
The Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, as it continues to apply in Scotland, is amended as follows.
2
In section 1(1) (definition of homelessness) after “if there is no accommodation” insert “in Scotland, England or Wales”.
3
In section 3(3) (inquiries as to local connection with another housing authority) after “housing authority” insert “in Scotland, England or Wales”.
4
In section 5(1)(a) (grounds for referral of application to another housing authority), in sub-paragraph (ii) for “another housing authority’s area” substitute “the area of another housing authority in Scotland, England or Wales”.
5
In section 9(1) (co-operation between authorities)—
a
in paragraph (a) after “another housing authority” insert “in Scotland, England or Wales”;
b
in paragraph (b) for “social services authority or a social work authority” substitute “social work authority in Scotland, England or Wales”.
6
After section 18 insert—
18A Application of this Act to cases arising in England and Wales.
1
Section 5(3), (4) and (7) to (11) above (notification of application to another housing authority and duties to persons whose applications are so notified) apply—
a
to applications notified by an authority in England or Wales in pursuance of section 67 of the Housing Act 1985, and
b
to persons whose applications are so notified,
as they apply to cases arising under this Act.
2
Section 9 above (duty of authorities to co-operate with housing authority) applies to a request by a local housing authority in England or Wales under section 72 of the Housing Act 1985 as it applies to a request by a housing authority in Scotland.
3
In this Act, in relation to England and Wales—
a
“housing authority” means a local housing authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Housing Act 1985, and references to the area of such an authority are to their district within the meaning of section 2 of that Act, and
b
“social work authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, as defined in section 1 of that Act;
and in section 9(1)(c) (requests for co-operation) “development corporation” includes a development corporation established under the New Towns Act 1981.
7
In section 19(1) (general interpretation), in the definition of “registered housing association” for the words from “registered in” to the end substitute “registered under the Housing Associations Act 1985”.
8
In section 21 (citation and extent), for subsection (4) substitute—
4
This Act extends to Scotland only.
Sch. 2 paras. 10, 16, 17, 37, 39, 40, 42, 45 repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(3), Sch. 24