4.—(1) Article 3 does not apply—
(a)where no accommodation other than B&B accommodation is available for occupation by an applicant with family commitments; and
(b)the applicant occupies B&B accommodation for a period, or a total of periods, which does not exceed 6 weeks.
(2) In calculating the period, or total period, of an applicant’s occupation of B&B accommodation for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), there shall be disregarded—
(a)any period before 1st April 2004; and
(b)where a local housing authority is subject to the duty under section 193 by virtue of section 200(4)(1), any period before that authority became subject to that duty.
Section 200(4) was substituted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Homelessness Act 2002.