Explanatory Note

(This note does not form part of the Order)

The Homelessness Act 2002 (“the Act”) was given Royal Assent on the 26th February 2002.

Section 8 of and paragraphs 3 and 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act came into force on Royal Assent. This Order brings the remaining provisions of the Act into force in Wales on 30th September 2002 in the case of the homelessness provisions and on 27 January 2003 in the case of the allocation provisions.