{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-99",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-99.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2014/7",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Wales) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014",
  "path": "section/99",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "99",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Chapter and index of defined terms",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“abuse” (“camdriniaeth”) has the meaning given by section 58;\n“accommodation available for occupation” (“llety sydd ar gael i'w feddiannu”) has the meaning given by section 56;\n“applicant” (“ceisydd”) has the meaning given by section 62(3) and section 83(3);\n“associated” (“cysylltiedig”), in relation to a person, has the meaning given by section 58;\n“assured tenancy” (“tenantiaeth sicr”) and “assured shorthold tenancy” (“tenantiaeth fyrddaliol sicr”) have the meaning given by Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988;\n“domestic abuse” (“camdriniaeth ddomestig”) has the meaning given by section 58;\n“eligible for help” (“yn gymwys i gael cymorth”) means not excluded from help under this Chapter by Schedule 2;\n“enactment” (“deddfiad”) means an enactment (whenever enacted or made) comprised in, or in an instrument made under—\n(a)an Act of Parliament,\n(b)a Measure or an Act of the National Assembly for Wales;\n“help to secure” (“cynorthwyo i sicrhau”), in relation to securing that suitable accommodation is available, or does not cease to be available, for occupation, has the meaning given by section 65;\n“help under this Chapter” (“cynorth o dan y Bennod hon”) means the benefit of any function under sections 66, 68, 73, or 75;\n“homeless” (“digartref”) has the meaning given by section 55 and “homelessness” (digartrefedd) is to be interpreted accordingly;\n“intentionally homeless” (“digartref yn fwriadol”) has the meaning given by section 77;\n“local connection” (“cysylltiad lleol”) has the meaning given by section 81;\n“local housing authority” (“awdurdod tai lleol”) means—\n(a)in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough, and\n(b)in relation to England, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly,\nbut a reference to a “local housing authority” is to be interpreted as a reference to a local housing authority for an area in Wales only, unless this Chapter expressly provides otherwise;\n“looked after, accommodated or fostered” (“yn derbyn gofal, yn cael ei letya neu'n cael ei faethu”) has the meaning given by section 70(2);\n“occupation contract” (“contract meddiannaeth”) has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act);\n“prescribed” (“rhagnodedig”) means prescribed in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;\n“priority need for accommodation” (“angen blaenoriaethol am lety”) has the meaning given by section 70;\n“prison” (“carchar”) has the same meaning as in the Prison Act 1952 (see section 53(1) of that Act);\n“private landlord” (“landlord preifat”) means a landlord — ;\n(a)of a dwelling in Wales, who is within section 10 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (private landlords);\n(b)of a dwelling in England, who is not within section 80(1) of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (the landlord condition for secure tenancies);\n“reasonable to continue to occupy accommodation” (“rhesymol parhau i feddiannu llety”) has the meaning given by section 57;\n“regular armed forces of the Crown” (“lluoedd arfog rheolaidd y Goron”) means the regular forces as defined by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n“restricted person” (“person cyfyngedig”) has the meaning given by section 63(5);\n“social services authority” (“awdurdod gwasanaethau cymdeithasol”) means—\n(a)in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough council in the exercise of its social services functions, within the meaning of section 119 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, and\n(b)in relation to England, a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, as defined in section 1 of that Act,\nbut a reference to a “social services authority” is to be interpreted as a reference to a social services authority for an area in Wales only, unless this Chapter expressly provides otherwise;\n“threatened with homelessness” (“o dan fygythiad o ddigartrefedd”) has the meaning given by section 55(4);\n“voluntary organisation” (“corff gwirfoddol”) means a body (other than a public or local authority) whose activities are not carried on for profit.\n“youth detention accommodation” (“llety cadw ieuenctid”) means—\n(a)a secure children's home;\n(b)a secure training centre;\n(c)a young offender institution;\n(d)accommodation provided, equipped and maintained by the Welsh Ministers under section 82(5) of the Children Act 1989 for the purpose of restricting the liberty of children;\n(e)accommodation, or accommodation of a description, for the time being specified by regulations under section 248(1)(f) of the Sentencing Code (youth detention accommodation for the purposes of detention and training orders).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 99 inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 34(12)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 99 substituted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 34(12)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 99 substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 308(1) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 99 in force at 1.12.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/3127, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 99 in force at 27.4.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 50"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
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      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
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      "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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2014/7/section/99",
    "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."
}