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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-unsuitable-accommodation-scotland-order-2014/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Unsuitable accommodation",
  "text": "In all circumstances, accommodation is unsuitable if it is—\n(a) not wind and watertight; ...\n(b) not suitable for occupation by a homeless household, taking into account the needs of the household ; or\n(c) not meeting minimum accommodation safety standards.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 4(a) 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(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(b) substituted (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(b) inserted (31.1.2021) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/419), arts. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 4(b) substituted (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 4(c) inserted (6.5.2020) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/139), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/243/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:33:46.306338+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."
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