The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988

[F1Duty of Executive to formulate a homelessness strategyN.I.

6A—(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;