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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, Cross Heading: Homelessness is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
34(1)Civil legal services provided to an individual who is homeless, or threatened with homelessness, in relation to the provision of accommodation and assistance for the individual under—E+W
(a)Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996 (allocation of housing accommodation);
(b)Part 7 of that Act (homelessness).
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.
(3)In this paragraph “homeless” and “threatened with homelessness” have the same meaning as in section 175 of the Housing Act 1996.
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