# Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026, Section 21: Duty to refer persons in England to a local housing authority in Wales

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

In section 213B of the 1996 Act (duty of public authority to refer cases in England to local housing authority)—
(a) in subsection (2), after “England” insert “or Wales”;
(b) in subsection (3)(b), after “England” insert “or Wales”;
(c) after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) If the notification required by subsection (3) is made to a local housing authority in Wales, the notification is to be treated as if it were an application by the person to the local housing authority under section 62(1)(a) of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7).”

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/3/section/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-and-social-housing-allocation-wales-act-2026/section-21
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.