Paragraph 20 Emergency and temporary accommodation

(1)

Where A is a housing body, A is not supplied with electricity or gas to the extent the supply is consumed by A for the purposes of emergency or temporary accommodation.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“emergency or temporary accommodation” means accommodation provided in discharge of a duty on the housing body under—

(i)

in England and Wales, Part VII of the Housing Act 1996^f1;

(ii)

in Scotland, Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987^f2;

(iii)

in Northern Ireland, Part II of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988^f3;

(b)

“housing body” means—

(i)

in England and Wales, a local housing authority within the meaning of Part VII of the Housing Act 1996;

(ii)

in Scotland, a local authority within the meaning of Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;

(iii)

in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1996 c. 52. Part VII is subject to various amendments under Schedule 1 to the Homelessness Act 2002 (c. 7).
f2: 1987 c. 26. Part II is subject to various amendments under section 3 of and Schedule 10 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp. 10) and section 25 is amended by section 1 of the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp. 10).
f3: S.I. 1988/1990 (N.I. 23). Part II is subject to various amendments under chapter IV of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/412 (N.I. 2)).