Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1467
Housing, England
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made
13th June 2013
Laid before Parliament
14th June 2013
Coming into force
1st July 2013
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160ZA(4), 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 2013 and shall come into force on 1st July 2013.
(2) These Regulations apply to England only.
Amendment of the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006
2. —(1)The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006 ( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1)—
(a) omit the definition of “the Accession Regulations 2004”; and
(b) after the definition of “the Accession Regulations 2006”, insert —
“ “the Accession Regulations 2013” means the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013 ( 3 ) ; ” .
(3) For regulation 4(2)(c), substitute—
“ (c) a person who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the EEA Regulations pursuant to either—
(i) regulation 6 of the Accession Regulations 2006 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation), or
(ii) regulation 5 of the Accession Regulations 2013 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation); ” .
(4) For regulation 6(2)(c), substitute—
“ (c) a person who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the EEA Regulations pursuant to either—
(i) regulation 6 of the Accession Regulations 2006 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation), or
(ii) regulation 5 of the Accession Regulations 2013 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation); ” .
Transitional provisions
3. The amendments made by these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to an applicant whose application for—
(a) an allocation of housing accommodation under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996; or
(b) housing assistance under Part 7 of that Act,
was made before 1st July 2013.
Signed for and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Mark Prisk
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
13th June 2013
Housing Act 1996.c.52 ; s160ZA was added by section 146 of the Localism Act 2011(c.20) . The functions of the Secretary of State under Parts 6 and 7 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.
S.I. 2006/1294 , amended by S.I. 2006/2007 , 2006/3340 , 2009/358 , 2012/2588 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.