{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-wales-order-2015/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-wales-order-2015/schedule/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1268",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-wales-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Facilities for storage, preparation and cooking of food within the unit of accommodation",
  "text": "(1) In a unit of accommodation accommodating more than one person, the food preparation area provided within the unit must include the following facilities:\n(a) four burners/hobs, conventional oven and grill, or two burners/hobs and a microwave with a built in oven and grill;\n(b) a sink and integral drainer, with a constant supply of hot water and cold drinking water;\n(c) a storage cupboard of a minimum capacity 0.2 cubic metres excluding storage beneath the sink;\n(d) a refrigerator;\n(e) a minimum of four 13 amp sockets (single or double) situated over the worktop;\n(f) a worktop for food preparation of minimum dimensions 1 metre x 0.6 metre; and\n(g) a minimum of 1 metre circulation space from facilities to other furniture in the room.\n(2) In a unit of accommodation accommodating one person, the food preparation area provided within the unit of accommodation must include the following facilities:\nas (a) – (g) above but (a) to have a minimum of two burners/hobs.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 3 in force at 27.4.2015, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1268/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:48.360186+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."
}