{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-79.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2014/7",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Wales) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014",
  "path": "section/79",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Further circumstances in which the duties to help applicants end",
  "text": "(1) The duties in sections 66, 68, 73 and 75 come to an end in the circumstances described in subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5), if the applicant is notified in accordance with section 84.\n(2) The circumstances are that the local housing authority is no longer satisfied that the applicant is eligible for help.\n(3) The circumstances are that the local housing authority is satisfied that a mistake of fact led to the applicant being notified under section 63 that the duty was owed to the applicant.\n(4) The circumstances are that the local authority is satisfied that the applicant has withdrawn his or her application.\n(5) The circumstances are that the local housing authority is satisfied that the applicant is unreasonably failing to co-operate with the authority in connection with the exercise of its functions under this Chapter as they apply to the applicant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 79 in force at 27.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 30"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for s. 79(5)",
      "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/anaw/2014/7/section/79",
    "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."
}