{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-unsuitable-accommodation-scotland-order-2014/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homeless-persons-unsuitable-accommodation-scotland-order-2014/article-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Temporary accommodation",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—\n(a) an applicant who is a person referred to in article 3 seeks accommodation from the local authority, or assistance in obtaining accommodation, outwith normal business hours; or\n(b) the local authority has no accommodation suitable for such an applicant.\n(2) The local authority may provide that applicant with accommodation which does not meet the requirements of article 5, but (unless article 6 disapplies article 5) for no longer than 7 days in total in respect of that person's application.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 7(2) substituted (2.10.2017) by The Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/273), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/243/article/7",
    "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."
}