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Regulation 1 Title, commencement and interpretationI1

England and Wales

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Homelessness (Intentionality) (Specified Categories) (Wales) Regulations 2015.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 27 April 2015.

(3)

In these Regulations—

  • “have regard to intentionality” (“rhoi sylw i fwriadoldeb”) means to have regard to whether or not an applicant has become homeless intentionally for the purposes of sections 68 and 75;

  • “list of specified categories of applicants” (“rhestr o gategorïau penodedig o geiswyr”) means the category or categories of applicantf1 in respect of which a local housing authority has decided to have regard to whether or not applicants have become homeless intentionallyf2.

(4)

In these Regulations, references to sections are references to sections of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 1 in force at 27.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

As defined by section 62(3).

f2

See section 78(2).