# The Homeless Persons (Priority Need) (Scotland) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 25 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 lists categories of persons who, if homeless, have a priority need for accommodation and for whom the local authority have a duty to secure accommodation if they are unintentionally homeless. This Order adds a further category, namely persons under 21 who, at any time since reaching school leaving age, have been subject to specified care arrangements involving a local authority but are no longer subject to such care arrangements. The care arrangements in question are specified at article 2(2)(b) of the Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3049/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-priority-need-scotland-order-1997/note
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