PART IIHOUSING THE HOMELESS
F1Executive to publish homelessness strategy and provide advice about homelessness
Duty of Executive to formulate a homelessness strategy6A
1
The Executive may formulate and publish a homelessness strategy.
2
The Regional Agency F2... shall give such assistance in connection with the exercise of the power under paragraph (1) as the Executive may reasonably require.
3
The Executive shall exercise that power so as to ensure that the first homelessness strategy is published within the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which section 1 of the Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 comes into operation.
4
The Executive shall exercise that power so as to ensure that a new homelessness strategy is published within the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which its last homelessness strategy was published.
5
The following shall take the homelessness strategy into account in the exercise of their functions—
a
the Executive;
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c
Health and Social Care trusts;
d
education and library boards;
e
registered housing associations;
f
district councils;
g
the Secretary of State (in relation to any function exercisable in connection with prisons in Northern Ireland);
h
the Probation Board for Northern Ireland;
i
the Department of Education;
j
the Department for Employment and Learning;
k
the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;
l
the Department for Social Development.
6
Nothing in paragraph (5) affects any duty or requirement arising apart from this Article.
Arts. 6A-6C and preceding cross-heading inserted (31.7.2010) by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 9), ss. 1, 19(1); S.R. 2010/251, art. 2