Amendments proposed to the Homelessness of Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     8,     line     37     [Clause     13],     leave out from beginning to end of line 45.

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     9,     line     1     [Clause     13],     leave out from beginning to end of line 10.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     9,     line     14     [Clause     13],     leave out from '(5)' to end of line 16.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     9,     line     22     [Clause     13],     leave out from beginning to end of line 25.

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     11,     line     1     [Clause     15],     after 'any', insert 'deliberate, wilful, or negligent.'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Andrew Selous

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Page     11,     line     4     [Clause     15],     at end insert—

'(d)   any record of behaviour of a person (or a member of his household) which has affected the terms of a previous tenancy he has held.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     11,     line     6     [Clause     15],     after 'given', insert 'or allocation to be made'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     11,     line     15     [Clause     15],     leave out from beginning to end of line 17 and insert—

    '(2D)   The only behaviour which may be regarded by the authority as unacceptable for the purposes of subsection (2C)(a) is—

(a)   behaviour of the person concerned which would (if he were a secure tenant of the authority) entitle the authority to a possession order under section 84 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) on any ground mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act (other than ground 8); or

(b)   behaviour of a member of his household which would (if he were a person residing with a secure tenant of the authority) entitle the authority to such a possession order.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     11,     line     37     [Clause     15],     leave out from 'has' to 'him' and insert 'is informed'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     12,     line     15     [Clause     19],     at end insert 'and paragraphs 3 and 7 of Schedule 1'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     13,     line     15     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

    '(2)   This paragraph comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     13,     line     33     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

    '(2)   This paragraph comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.'.

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Page     15,     line     23     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

    '16A.   For section 210(1) of the 1996 Act (suitability of accommodation) there is substituted—

       "In determining for the purposes of this Part whether accommodation is suitable for a person, accommodation shall only be regarded as suitable if—
(a)   it is not overcrowded (within the meaning of section 324 of the Housing Act 1985);
(b)   it is fit for the number of occupants and it has adequate means of escape from fire (within the meaning of sections 352 and 365 of the Housing Act 1985); and
(c)   in the view of the authority it is fit for human habitation (within the meaning of section 604 of the Housing Act 1985).".'.

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Prepared 18 Oct 2001