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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-unsuitable-accommodation-scotland-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/243",
  "legislation_title": "The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-unsuitable-accommodation-scotland-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1987 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; ...\n“community hosting” means the provision of a spare room and other support by a member of the community to a homeless household in crisis for a short period of time;\n“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2);\n“household” means the applicant and any person who resides, or might reasonably be expected to reside, with the applicant;\n“isolate” in relation to a person means separation of that person from any other person in such manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus;\n“minimum accommodation safety standards” includes standards specified in an enactment for accommodation in relation to health and safety, hygiene, fire, furniture and electrical equipment;\n“rapid access accommodation” means emergency temporary accommodation for rough sleepers, or those at risk of rough sleeping, which—\n(a)contains a bedroom which is—\n(i)safe, private and lockable;\n(ii)furnished; and\n(iii)of a good standard; and\n(b)provides support to a person using that accommodation to—\n(i)access benefits or other services through provision of on-site homelessness and support assessments; and\n(ii)access ongoing support services, including specialist support services; and\n“shared tenancy accommodation” means accommodation which—\n(a)is shared by no more than 5 people;\n(b)is of a good standard;\n(c)is provided to residents who agree to share accommodation on a temporary basis pending placement in settled accommodation; and\n(d)in which each resident has a private and lockable bedroom.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 2 omitted (6.5.2020) by virtue of The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (temp.) (30.9.2020) by virtue of The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment (Coronavirus) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/268), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(2)(a) (with art. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Semicolon in art. 2 substituted for full stop (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (temp.) (30.9.2020) by virtue of The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment (Coronavirus) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/268), arts. 1(1), 3(1)(2)(b) (with art. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (31.1.2021) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/419), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (31.1.2021) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/419), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/243/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:33:46.306338+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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