{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-reduction-act-2017-commencement-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-reduction-act-2017-commencement-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/167",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 (Commencement and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-reduction-act-2017-commencement-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 3rd April 2018",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 3rd April 2018—\n(a) section 1 (meaning of “threatened with homelessness”);\n(b) section 2 (duty to provide advisory services);\n(c) section 3 (duty to assess all eligible applicants’ cases and agree a plan);\n(d) section 4 (duty in cases of threatened homelessness);\n(e) section 5 (duties owed to those who are homeless);\n(f) section 6 (duties to help to secure accommodation);\n(g) section 7 (deliberate and unreasonable refusal to co-operate: duty upon giving of notice), in so far as not already in force;\n(h) section 8 (local connection of a care leaver);\n(i) section 9 (reviews), in so far as not already in force;\n(j) section 10 (duty of public authority to refer cases to local housing authority), in so far as not already in force;\n(k) section 11 (codes of practice);\n(l) section 12 (suitability of private rented sector accommodation).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/167/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:18.180508+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."
}