Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 1056
Housing, England
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018
Made
10th October 2018
Laid before Parliament
11th October 2018
Coming into force
1st November 2018
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160ZA(2) and 185(2) of the Housing Act 1996( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st November 2018.
Amendments to the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006
2.The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006( 2 ) are amended as follows.
Amendments to regulation 3
3. In regulation 3 (persons subject to immigration control who are eligible for an allocation of housing accommodation)—
(a) in paragraph (f) at the end omit “and”;
(b) in paragraph (g) at the end for the full stop substitute “; and”; and
(c) after paragraph (g) insert—
“ (h) Class H – a person who is habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland and has Calais leave to remain under paragraph 352J of the Immigration Rules. ” .
Amendments to regulation 5
4. In paragraph (1) of regulation 5 (persons subject to immigration control who are eligible for housing assistance)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (g) at the end omit “and”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (h) at the end for the full stop substitute “; and”; and
(c) after sub-paragraph (h) insert—
“ (i) Class I – a person who is habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland and has Calais leave to remain under paragraph 352J of the Immigration Rules. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Heather Wheeler
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
10th October 2018
1996 c.52 . Section 160ZA was inserted by section 146(1) of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and was amended by S.I. 213/630. Section 185 was amended by paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to the Homelessness Act 2002 (c. 7) , paragraph 4(2) and (3) of Schedule 15 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) and S.I. 2013/630 .
S.I. 2006/1294 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/2527 , 2014/435 , 2016/965 and 2018/730 .