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These Regulations (the Eligibility Amendment Regulations) provide that certain persons from abroad are ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996 (“the Act”) or for housing assistance under Part 7 of the Act. These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
By virtue of subsections 160ZA(1) and (4) of the Act, a local housing authority must not allocate housing accommodation under Part 6 of the Act to persons who, although they are not subject to immigration control, are of a class prescribed by the Secretary of State as persons from abroad who are ineligible. Similarly, section 185(1) of the Act provides that a person is not eligible for housing assistance under Part 7 of the Act if he is a person from abroad who is ineligible for housing assistance; and section 185(3) of the Act provides that the Secretary of State may make provision by regulations as to the descriptions of persons who, although not subject to immigration control, are to be treated as persons from abroad who are ineligible for housing assistance.
These Regulations take account of persons who have a right of residence in the UK by virtue of the Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (“the EEA Amendment Regulations”). Those Regulations were made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to give effect to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of C-34/09 Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l’emploi (ONEm). The EEA Amendment Regulations confer rights of residence and entry on the primary carer of a British citizen who is residing in the United Kingdom where the denial of such a right would prevent the British citizen from being able to reside in the United Kingdom or in an EEA State. The Eligibility Amendment Regulations add persons with this right of residence to the categories of persons who are ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation or housing assistance under regulations 4 and 6 of the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006.
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