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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-56",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2014/7",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Wales) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Meaning of accommodation available for occupation",
  "text": "(1) Accommodation may only be regarded as available for a person's occupation if it is available for occupation by that person together with—\n(a) any other person who normally resides with that person as a member of his or her family, or\n(b) any other person who might reasonably be expected to reside with that person.\n(2) A reference in this Chapter to securing that accommodation is available for a person's occupation is to be interpreted accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 56 in force at 27.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 7"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:23.296415+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."
}