
2022 No. 356
Housing
The Homeless Persons (Suspension of Referrals between Local Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2022
Made 28th November 2022
Coming into force 29th November 2022

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33A(1)and (2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 33A(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Homeless Persons (Suspension of Referrals between Local Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2022 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order—
 “the 1987 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987,
 “relevant local authority” means a council constituted under section 2(1) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Suspension of referrals
2 
A relevant local authority may not exercise the power under section 33(1) of the 1987 Act (referral of application to another local authority) in respect of any other relevant local authority.
Transitory Provision
3 
Article 2 does not apply in relation to an application made to a relevant local authority under section 28(1) of the 1987 Act before this Order comes into force.
SHONA ROBISON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th November 2022