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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014-commencement-no-2-order-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/380",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014-commencement-no-2-order-2015",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis order brings into force on 25 February 2015 Part 3 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (“the Act”), except sections 103 and 104 and brings section 106 into force for remaining purposes. The order also commences consequential amendments in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act (relating to Gypsies and Travellers).\nThis is the second commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Act.\nArticle 2 commences, for all purposes, sections 101, 102, 105, 107 to110 and Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act. Article 2(d) brings section 106 into force for remaining purposes.\nSection 101 requires local housing authorities to carry out assessments of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers living in, or from time to time visiting, their area.\nSection 102 provides that local housing authorities must submit a report to the Welsh Ministers for approval of the authority’s assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers residing in or resorting to its area.\nSection 105 requires local housing authorities upon request to provide the Welsh Ministers with such information to enable them to exercise their functions under Part 3 of the Act.\nSection 106 requires local housing authorities, in the exercise of their functions under Part 3 of the Act, to have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers under this section.\nSection 107 sets out the duties placed on local housing authorities in respect of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers where a local housing authority prepares a housing strategy under section 87 of the Local Government Act 2003.\nSection 108 defines key expressions used in Part 3 of the Act.\nSection 109 provides a power for the Welsh Ministers to amend the definition of Gypsies and Travellers under section 108 and to make consequential amendments to the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 to reflect further changes to the definition.\nSection 110 introduces Part 2 of Schedule 3 which makes consequential amendments relating to Part 3 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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