Article 2 Person with priority need for accommodation

(1)

A person of the description specified in paragraph (2) below shall have a priority need for accommodation under section 25 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

(2)

The description referred to in paragraph (1) above is a person who–

(a)

has not yet attained twenty one years of age;

(b)

at the time when he ceased to be of school age (as defined in section 31 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f1) or at any subsequent time was–

(i)

looked after by a local authority (within the meaning of section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995^f2);

(ii)

in the care of a local authority by virtue of section 15 or section 16 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968^f3; or

(iii)

subject to a supervision requirement (within the meaning of section 44(1) of that Act^f4); and

(c)

is no longer being so looked after, in such care or subject to such a requirement.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 44.
f2: 1995 c. 36.
f3: 1968 c. 49; sections 15 and 16 were repealed by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 5.
f4: Section 44 was repealed by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, Schedule 5.