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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-advice-and-assistance-scotland-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/414",
  "legislation_title": "The Homeless Persons Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-advice-and-assistance-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING\nMade 5th September 2002\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 9th September 2002\nComing into force 30th September 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 31(3)(b), 32(3) and 32(6) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations representing local authorities and such other persons as they think fit in accordance with section 32(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 26; section 31(3)(b) was amended by section 3(3)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), section 32(3) was amended by section 3(4)(a) of that Act and section 32(6) was inserted by section 3(4)(c) of that Act. See section 338 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 for the definition of “prescribed”. The function of the Secretary of State to prescribe by Regulations was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/414/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:39:54.560241+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."
}