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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-homelessness-abolition-of-priority-need-test-scotland-order-2012/article-9",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2012/9780111018187",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness (Abolition of Priority Need Test) (Scotland) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-homelessness-abolition-of-priority-need-test-scotland-order-2012",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "text": "In section 32 (duties to persons found to be threatened with homelessness)—\n(a) in subsection (2) omit “are satisfied that he has a priority need and”; and\n(b) in subsection (8)—\n(i) for “falling within section 25(1)(b)” substitute “with whom dependent children reside or might reasonably be expected to reside”; and\n(ii) omit “referred to in that provision”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 32(8) is inserted by section 3(4)(c) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 and amended by section 9(2) of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003. There are other amendments to section 32 that are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111018187/article/9",
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  },
  "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."
}