Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 729
Immigration
Housing, England
Housing, Scotland
Housing, Northern Ireland
The Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Order 2018
Made
14th June 2018
Laid before Parliament
18th June 2018
Coming into force
9th July 2018
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 118 and 119 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Order 2018 and comes into force on 9th July 2018.
Amendment of the Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000
2. —(1)The Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 3 (Housing authority accommodation – England, Scotland and Northern Ireland)—
(a) after paragraph (f) insert—
“ (g) Class FA – a person who has been transferred to the United Kingdom under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 ( 3 ) and has limited leave to remain under paragraph 352ZH of the immigration rules ( 4 ) . ” .
(3) In article 7 (Homelessness – Scotland and Northern Ireland), for paragraph (1)(a) substitute—
“ (a) the classes specified in article 3(a) to (d) and the class specified in article 3(g) (Class A, Class B, Class BA, Class C, Class D and Class FA); ”
Caroline Nokes
Minister of State
Home Office
14th June 2018
1999 c. 33 . Section 118(1)(b) was amended by section 43(3) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13) . Section 119 was amended by section 314 of, and paragraph 22 of Schedule 15 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) .
S.I. 2000/706 , relevant amending regulations are S.I. 2005/1379 , S.I. 2006/2521 and S.I. 2008/1768 .
The immigration rules are made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) . Paragraph 352ZH comes into force on 6th July 2018.