{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-wales-regulations-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-wales-regulations-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2003/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation of Housing (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-wales-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, WALES\nMade 28th January 2003\nComing into force 29 January 2003\nThe National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by sections 160(4), 160A(3) and (5) and 215(2) of the Housing Act 1996 which powers are now vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in relation to Wales:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 52; section 160A was added by section 14(2) of the Homelessness Act 2002 (c. 7); see section 215(1) for the definition of “prescribed”. The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 160, 160A, 172(4) and 215(2) are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672, (to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations)) and section 17(1) of the Homelessness Act 2002.;"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/239/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:04.279430+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}