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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-england-order-2003/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3326",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-england-order-2003",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“applicant with family commitments” means an applicant—\n(a) who is pregnant;\n(b) with whom a pregnant woman resides or might reasonably be expected to reside; or\n(c) with whom dependent children reside or might reasonably be expected to reside;\n“B&B accommodation” means accommodation (whether or not breakfast is included)—\n(a) which is not separate and self-contained premises; and\n(b) in which any one of the following amenities is shared by more than one household—\n(i) a toilet;\n(ii) personal washing facilities;\n(iii) cooking facilities,\nbut does not include accommodation which is owned or managed by a local housing authority, a registered social landlord or a voluntary organisation as defined in section 180(3) of the Housing Act 1996; and\nany reference to a numbered section is a reference to a section of the Housing Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2022/521",
      "affecting_title": "The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Amendment) (England) Order 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2023/509",
      "affecting_title": "The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/671",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2010"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3326/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
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