{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2012/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2012/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2599",
  "legislation_title": "The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) (England) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "The amendments made by sections 148 and 149 of the Act do not apply to a case where—\n(a) a person (“the applicant”) has applied to a local housing authority for accommodation, or for assistance in obtaining accommodation, under Part 7 of the 1996 Act; and\n(b) a duty of the local housing authority to secure that accommodation is available for the applicant’s occupation under Part 7 of the 1996 Act including on an interim or temporary basis has arisen and has not ceased,\nbefore the commencement date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 188 of the Housing Act 1996 has been amended by section 18 of and Schedule 1 to the Homelessness Act 2002 (2002 c.7). Section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 has been amended by sections 6, 7, 8 and 18 of and Schedules 1 and 2 to the Homelessness Act 2002, and section 314 of and Schedule 15 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (2008 c.17)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2599/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:32.820269+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."
}