{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part III.",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression used in the same section):—\naccommodation available for occupation\nsection 75.\napplicant (for housing accommodation)\nsection 62(1).\ndistrict (of a local housing authority)\nsections 2(1) and 76(3).\nhomeless\nsections 58(1) to (3).\nhousing association\nsection 5(1).\nintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness\nsection 60.\nlocal connection (in relation to the district of a local housing authority)\nsection 61.\nlocal housing authority (in England and Wales)(in Scotland)\nsection 1, 2(2).\nsection 76(3).\nnew town corporation\nsections 4(b) and 76(3).\npriority need (for accommodation)\nsection 59.\nregistered social landlord\nsection 5(4) and (5) .\nregular armed forces of the Crown\nsection 622.\nrelevant authority\nsection 77.\nsecuring accommodation for a person’s occupation\nsection 75.\nsocial services authority\nsections 76(3) and 77.\nstandard scale (in reference to the maximum fine on summary conviction)\nsection 622.\nthreatened with homelessness\nsection 58(4).\nvoluntary organisation\nsection 77.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entry in s. 78 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+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."
}