Part VI Support for Asylum-Seekers
Support and assistance by local authorities etc.
100 Local authority and other assistance for Secretary of State.
1
This section applies if the Secretary of State asks—
a
a local authority,
F1aa
a private registered provider of social housing,
b
a registered social landlord,
c
a registered housing association in Scotland or Northern Ireland, or
d
the Executive,
to assist him to exercise his power under section 95 to provide accommodation.
2
The person to whom the request is made must co-operate in giving the Secretary of State such assistance in the exercise of that power as is reasonable in the circumstances.
3
Subsection (2) does not require F2a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord to act beyond its powers.
4
A local authority must supply to the Secretary of State such information about their housing accommodation (whether or not occupied) as he may from time to time request.
5
The information must be provided in such form and manner as the Secretary of State may direct.
6
“Registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in Part I of the M1Housing Act 1996.
7
“Registered housing association” has the same meaning—
a
in relation to Scotland, as in the M2Housing Associations Act 1985; and
b
in relation to Northern Ireland, as in Part II of the M3Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.