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Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 601

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. 2) Regulations 2022

Made

30th May 2022

Laid before Parliament

1st June 2022

Coming into force

22nd June 2022

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160ZA(2), 172(4), 185(2) and 215(2) of the Housing Act 1996( 1 ) and sections 118(1), 119(1) and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999( 2 ).

Citation, commencement and extent I1

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. 2) Regulations 2022 and come into force on [F1 10 F1] June 2022.

(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 2006I2

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 (m) insert—

“ (n) Class N – a person in the United Kingdom who has limited leave to remain granted in accordance with Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the Immigration Rules ( 4 ) pursuant to an application made by that person from within the United Kingdom, but excluding a person (P) who is subject to a condition requiring P to maintain and accommodate themself, and any person who is dependent on P, without recourse to public funds. ” .

(3) In regulation 5(1) (persons subject to immigration control who are eligible for housing assistance), after sub-paragraph (n) insert—

“ (o) Class O – a person in the United Kingdom who has limited leave to remain granted in accordance with Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules pursuant to an application made by that person from within the United Kingdom, but excluding a person (P) who is subject to a condition requiring P to maintain and accommodate themself, and any person who is dependent on P, without recourse to public funds. ” .

Amendment of the Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000I3

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 (ga) insert—

“ (gb) Class FAB –– a person in the United Kingdom who has limited leave to remain granted in accordance with Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the Immigration Rules ( 6 ) pursuant to an application made by that person from within the United Kingdom, but excluding a person (P) who is subject to a condition requiring P to maintain and accommodate themself, and any person who is dependent on P, without recourse to public funds. ” .

(3) In article 7(1) (homelessness—Scotland and Northern Ireland), in sub-paragraph (a), after “Class FAA,” insert “Class FAB,” .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Eddie Hughes

Parliamentary Under of State

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

( 1 )

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 , 2009/415 and 2020/1309 . Section 215(1) gives the meaning of “prescribed” in Part 7.

( 2 )

1999 c. 33 . Section 118(1)(b) was amended by section 43(3) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13) and paragraph 2(e) and 20 of Schedule 11 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 33) . Section 119 was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 15 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) and S.I. 2020/1309 . There are no relevant amendments to section 166.

( 3 )

S.I. 2006/1294 , amended by S.I. 2022/339 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

( 4 )

Laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC 395), as amended. Appendix Ukraine Scheme was laid before Parliament on 29 March 2022 (HC 1220).

( 5 )

S.I. 2000/706 , amended by S.I. 2022/339 , there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

( 6 )

See section 167(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 c. 33 .

Status: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (2022/601)

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F1Word in reg. 1(1) substituted (10.6.2022) by The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/626) , regs. 1(1) , 2substituted
I1Reg. 1 in force at 10.6.2022, see reg. 1(1) (as amended by S.I. 2022/626 , regs. 1(1) , 2 )
I2Reg. 2 in force at 10.6.2022, see reg. 1(1) (as amended by S.I. 2022/626 , regs. 1(1) , 2 )
I3Reg. 3 in force at 10.6.2022, see reg. 1(1) (as amended by S.I. 2022/626 , regs. 1(1) , 2 )
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