Exceptions to articles 4 and 5 for all types of accommodation
6. Articles 4 and 5 do not apply where—
(a)the authority believes that the applicant may be homeless or threatened with homelessness as a result of an emergency such as fire, flood or other disaster, and no other accommodation is reasonably available to the authority; or
(b)the authority has offered suitable accommodation to the applicant, but the applicant wishes to be accommodated in other accommodation.