Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 1371
Immigration
Housing, England
Housing, Scotland
Housing, Northern Ireland
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022
Made
19th December 2022
Laid before Parliament
20th December 2022
Coming into force
30th January 2023
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 30th January 2023.
(2) Any amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.
Amendment of the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006
2. —(1)The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (persons subject to immigration control who are eligible for an allocation of housing accommodation), after paragraph (n) insert—
“ (o) Class O – a person who has limited leave to remain granted in accordance with Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery of the Immigration Rules ( 4 ) . ” .
(3) In regulation 5(1) (persons subject to immigration control who are eligible for housing assistance), after sub-paragraph (o) insert—
“ (p) Class P – a person who has limited leave to remain granted in accordance with Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery of the Immigration Rules. ” .
Amendment of the Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000
3. —(1)The Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000( 5 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 3 (housing authority accommodation—England, Scotland and Northern Ireland), after paragraph (bb) insert—
“ (bc) Class BB –– a person who has limited leave to remain granted in accordance with Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery of the Immigration Rules; ” .
(3) In article 7(1) (homelessness—Scotland and Northern Ireland), in sub-paragraph (a), after “Class BA,” insert “Class BB,” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Felicity Buchan
Minister of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
19th December 2022
1996 c. 52 . Section 160ZA was inserted by section 146(1) of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and amended by S.I. 2013/630 . Section 185 was amended by paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to the Homelessness Act 2002 (c. 7) , paragraph 4 of Schedule 15 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) and S.I. 2013/630 and 2020/1309 . See section 215(1) for the meaning of “prescribed”.
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 paragraph 22 of Schedule 15 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and S.I. 2020/1309 .
S.I. 2006/1294 , amended by S.I. 2022/601 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC395), as amended. Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery was laid before Parliament on 18th October 2022 (HC 719).
S.I. 2000/706 , amended by S.I. 2022/601 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.