{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-and-social-housing-allocation-wales-act-2026/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-and-social-housing-allocation-wales-act-2026/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/3",
  "legislation_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-and-social-housing-allocation-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Definition of “abuse”",
  "text": "For section 58 of the 2014 Act (meaning of abuse and domestic abuse) substitute—\n“Definition of abuse\n58 In this Chapter, “abuse” means—\n(a) domestic abuse within the meaning given by section 1 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), or\n(b) any other kind of abuse that, directly or indirectly, may give rise to a risk of harm, including (for example)—\n(i) exploitation within the meaning of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30);\n(ii) harassment or stalking within the meaning of those expressions in the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (c. 40).”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 27 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 43(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/3/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:39.466249+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."
}