{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-and-social-housing-allocation-wales-act-2026/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-and-social-housing-allocation-wales-act-2026/section-36.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/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Preference for young people leaving care",
  "text": "In section 167(2) of the 1996 Act (allocation in accordance with allocation scheme: Wales), after paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) people for whom responsible local authorities have duties under section 108A of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) to take reasonable steps to secure that suitable accommodation is available for their occupation.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 36 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/36",
    "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."
}