C1C2PART II HOMELESS PERSONS

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. II (ss. 24-43) excluded (26.7.1993) by 1993 c. 23, s. 4(1)(5), Sch. 1 para. 8; S.I. 1993/1655, art. 2.

Pt. II (ss. 24-43) modified (26.7.1993) by 1993 c. 23, s. 4(5), Sch. 1 para. 4, (with Sch. 1 para. 8); S.I. 1993/1655, art. 2.

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Pt. II (ss. 24-43) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9; S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I

Supplementary provisions

43 Minor definitions.

In this Part—

  • “accommodation available for occupation” has the meaning assigned to it by section 41;

  • “applicant (for housing accommodation)” has the meaning assigned to it by section 28(1);

  • “homeless” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24(1) to (3);

  • “homeless intentionally or threatened with homelessness intentionally” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26;

  • “local connection (in relation to the district of a local authority)” has the meaning assigned to it by section 27;

  • “priority need (for accommodation)” has the meaning assigned to it by section 25;

  • “relevant authority” means a local authority or social work authority;

  • “securing accommodation for a person’s occupation” has the meaning assigned to it by section 41;

  • “social work authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the M1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, that is to say, a regional or islands council;

  • “threatened with homelessness” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24(4);

  • “voluntary organisation” means a body, not being a public or local authority, whose activities are carried on otherwise than for profit.