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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-wales-order-2006/article-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2006/650",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-wales-order-2006",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In determining for the purposes of Part 7 of the 1996 Act whether accommodation is suitable for a person in priority need there must be taken into account the following matters—\n(a) the specific health needs of the person;\n(b) the proximity and accessibility of social services;\n(c) the proximity and accessibility of the support of the family or other support services; or\n(d) any disability of the person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definition of “priority need” in section 189(1) Housing Act 1996 and S.I. 2001/607."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/650/article/3",
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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."
}