Suitability of accommodation
12Suitability of private rented sector accommodation
1
Article 3 of the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2601) (circumstances in which accommodation is not to be regarded as suitable for a person) (“the 2012 Order”) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).
2
The existing text becomes paragraph (1).
3
For “of a private rented sector offer under section 193(7F) of the Housing Act 1996” substitute “mentioned in paragraph (2)”.
4
After paragraph (1) insert—
2
The purposes are—
a
determining, in accordance with section 193(7F) of the Housing Act 1996, whether a local housing authority may approve a private rented sector offer;
b
c
determining whether any accommodation—
i
ii
made available for occupation under a tenancy with a private landlord,
is suitable for the purposes of the section concerned.
5
The amendments made by this section are without prejudice to any power to make an order or regulations amending or revoking article 3 of the 2012 Order.