Section 144 sets out the territorial extent of sections in the Act, which is England and Wales, and, in respect of certain provisions, Scotland. The extent of an Act is the legal jurisdiction of which it forms part of the law; application refers to where it has practical effect. The application of the Act is mostly England only, but provisions in Part 1 Chapters 4 and 5 in relation to rental discrimination against tenants who receive benefits or with children, and a handful of other provisions, will also apply to Wales and Scotland.
	Housing legislation in relation to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is within the devolved legislative competence of Senedd Cymru, the Scottish Parliament, or the Northern Ireland Assembly respectively. In line with the Legislative Consent Motion Convention (the "Sewel Convention"), the UK Parliament will not normally legislate for areas within devolved legislative competence without the consent of the devolved legislature concerned. A Legislative Consent Motion has been requested from both the Welsh and Scottish Governments.
Territorial extent and application