{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-priority-need-for-accommodation-england-order-2002/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-priority-need-for-accommodation-england-order-2002/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2051",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-priority-need-for-accommodation-england-order-2002",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Vulnerability: fleeing violence or threats of violence",
  "text": "(1) A person who is vulnerable as a result of ceasing to occupy accommodation by reason of violence from another person or threats of violence from another person which are likely to be carried out.\n(2) For the purposes of this article—\n(a) “violence” does not include violence that is domestic abuse;\n(b) “domestic abuse” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6 renumbered as art. 6(1) (5.7.2021) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), ss. 78(8)(a), 90(6); S.I. 2021/797, reg. 2(2) (with reg. 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 6(2) inserted (5.7.2021) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), ss. 78(8)(b), 90(6); S.I. 2021/797, reg. 2(2) (with reg. 4(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2051/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:51:03.347701+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."
}