{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-201A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-201A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/52",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996",
  "path": "section/201A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "201A",
  "heading": "Cases referred from a local housing authority in Wales",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where an application has been referred by a local housing authority in Wales to a local housing authority in England under section 80 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (referral of case to another local housing authority).\n(2) If it is decided that the conditions in that section for referral of the case are met, the notified authority are subject to the duty under section 193 of this Act in respect of the person whose case is referred (the main housing duty); for provision about cases where it is decided that the conditions for referral are not met, see section 82 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (duties to applicant whose case is considered for referral or referred).\n(3) References in this Part to an applicant include a reference to a person to whom a duty is owed by virtue of subsection (2).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 201A inserted (27.4.2015) by Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7), s. 145(3), Sch. 3 para. 13; S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 53 (with art. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for s. 201A(2)",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/201A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:46.595645+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."
}