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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

England and Wales

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2)

This Order extends to England only.

(3)

In this Order—

  • “looked after, accommodated or fostered” has the meaning given by section 24(2) of the Children Act 1989M1 F1or, as the case may be, section 104(3) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; and

  • “relevant student” means a person to whom section 24B(3) of F2the Children Act 1989 or, as the case may be, section 114(5) or 115(6) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 applies—

    1. (a)

      who is in full-time further or higher education; and

    2. (b)

      whose term-time accommodation is not available to him during a vacation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 1(3) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 49(a)

F2

Words in art. 1(3) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 49(b)

Marginal citations

M1

1989 c.41. Section 4(1) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c.35) substituted new sections 24 to 24C, and section 2(4) of that Act inserted section 23A, in the Children Act 1989.