Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 358
Housing, England
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made
23rd February 2009
Laid before Parliament
24th February 2009
Coming into force
18th March 2009
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160A(5), 172(4), 185(3) and 215(2) of the Housing Act 1996( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 18 th March 2009.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Persons who left Zimbabwe
2. —(1)The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006( 2 ) are amended as follows
(2) In regulation 4(2)(g) omit “and”
(3) At the end of regulations 4(2)(h) add
“ and
(i) a person who—
(i) arrived in Great Britain on or after 28 th February 2009 but before 18 th March 2011;
(ii) immediately before arriving in Great Britain had been resident in Zimbabwe; and
(iii) before leaving Zimbabwe, had accepted an offer, made by Her Majesty’s Government, to assist that person to settle in the United Kingdom. ” .
(4) In regulation 6(2)(g), omit “and”
(5) At the end of regulation 6(2)(h) add
“ and
(i) a person who—
(i) arrived in Great Britain on or after 28 th February 2009 but before 18 th March 2011;
(ii) immediately before arriving in Great Britain had been resident in Zimbabwe; and
(iii) before leaving Zimbabwe, had accepted an offer, made by Her Majesty’s Government, to assist that person to settle in the United Kingdom. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Healey
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
23rd February 2009
1996 c.52 Section 160A was inserted by section 149(2) of the Homelessness Act 2002 (c.7) . The functions under Parts V1 and V11 of this Act (except sections 186 and 187) are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by Article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations) and section 17(1) of the Homelessness Act 2002.
SI 2006/1294 , amended by S.I.2006/2007 and 2006/3340 ; there are other amending instruments not relevant to these Regulations.