6Abolition of minimum period for which an authority is subject to main homelessness duty
(1)For subsections (3) and (4) of section 193 of the 1996 Act (period for which main homelessness duty is owed to person with priority need) there is substituted—
“(3)The authority are subject to the duty under this section until it ceases by virtue of any of the following provisions of this section.”
(2)Subsection (1) applies to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, is owed the duty under section 193 as it applies to a person who comes to be owed that duty after that commencement.
(3)Section 194 of the 1996 Act (power to continue to secure accommodation after minimum period) shall cease to have effect.
(4)Any person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, is a person in relation to whom a local housing authority are exercising their power under section 194 of the 1996 Act shall be treated at that commencement as a person to whom the authority owe the duty under section 193 of that Act.