Section 25 amends Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996. Subsection (2)(a) repeals section 193(1A)(b), Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, which disapplies the main housing duty (section 193) for anyone to whom the local housing authority has served a notice under section 193B(2) (a notice given where an applicant has deliberately and unreasonably refused to cooperate). The amendment will allow local housing authorities to serve a notice to end the relief or prevention duty under section 193B of the Housing Act 1996 with no consequence for applicants who are owed the main duty under section 193 and are in priority need.
	Subsection (2)(b) repeals subsection 193(6)(cc), which allows local housing authorities to bring the main housing duty to an end if the applicant accepts an offer of an assured tenancy (other than an assured shorthold tenancy) from a private landlord. Sections 193(7AA) – 193(7AC) go on to set out how a local housing authority can bring the main duty to an end through a private rented sector offer.
	Subsection (2)(c) amends section 193(7AB), Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, to remove the requirement for local housing authorities to notify the applicant of the effects of the reapplication duty, since this duty is being repealed by subsection (4) of this section.
	Subsection (2)(d) amends section 193(7AC), Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, to remove the requirement that for a private rented sector offer to be suitable to end the main housing duty, it must be an assured shorthold tenancy for a period of at least 12 months and replaces it with a requirement that such an offer must be an assured tenancy.
	Subsection (3) amends section 193C by repealing the provisions which disapply the main duty (section 193) for people who have deliberately and unreasonably refused to co-operate with the local housing authority. In place of the main duty an offer of an assured shorthold tenancy of at least six months could be offered in these circumstances. The amendments mean that a notice in relation to this section will have the sole consequence of ending any prevention or relief duty owed, with no consequence in relation to the main duty under section 193.
	Subsection (4) repeals section 195A of the Housing Act 1996, which is the duty in homelessness legislation to offer accommodation following re-application after a private sector offer, known more commonly as "the reapplication duty". This section repeals this duty, therefore, at the point of reapplication the local housing authority will owe the applicant whichever is applicable of the prevention, relief, and main duties.
Part 1: Tenancy reform Chapter 1: Assured Tenancies Section 25: Accommodation for homeless people: duties of local authority Effect