Scottish Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 412

The Homeless Persons Interim Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2002

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"housing support services" has the same meaning as in section 91(8) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001[2];

"housing support services assessment" means a decision by a local authority in any question as to whether an applicant or any person residing with that applicant should be provided with housing support services.

Prescribed circumstances where interim accommodation can be provided
     3. The circumstances specified in regulation 4 below are hereby prescribed as circumstances in which section 31(2) of the 1987 Act so far as requiring that accommodation is to be permanent accommodation within the meaning of section 31(5) of that Act, does not apply.

     4. The circumstances referred to in regulation 3 above are-

(a) a housing support services assessment for an applicant has concluded that the applicant or any other person residing with that applicant requires housing support services which cannot reasonably be provided within permanent accommodation; and

(b) as a result of that housing support services assessment, the local authority is providing an applicant or any person residing with that applicant with interim accommodation together with housing support services in connection with that interim accommodation which include-


(i) all services required in terms of the housing support services assessment;

(ii) access to independent advocacy and information services in connection with the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above;

(iii) a timetable, agreed with the applicant, for the provision of the interim accommodation and housing support services;

(iv) an end or review date for the provision of services and interim accommodation, which date shall not be later than a date six months from the date on which the interim accommodation was first provided;

(v) a written record of the housing support services assessment, the services that are to be provided and the timetable in (iii); and

(vi) a mechanism to monitor the use of interim accommodation and the long term outcomes for each applicant.

MARGARET CURRAN
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
5th September 2002

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