The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006 No. 1294

InterpretationE+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1996 Act” means the Housing Act 1996;

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[F3“the Accession Regulations 2013” means the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013;]

“the EEA Regulations” means the [F4Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 and references to the EEA Regulations are to be read with Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020(Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2020];

[F5“the Human Rights Convention” means the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, agreed by the Council of Europe at Rome on 4th November 1950 as it has effect for the time being in relation to the United Kingdom;]

“the Immigration Rules” means the rules laid down as mentioned in section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971(1) (general provisions for regulation and control);

“the Refugee Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951(3), as extended by Article 1(2) of the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on 31st January 1967(4); F6...

[F7“relevant person of Northern Ireland” means a person who—

(a)

is—

(i)

a British citizen;

(ii)

an Irish citizen; or

(iii)

a British citizen and an Irish citizen; and

(b)

was born in Northern Ireland and, at the time of the person’s birth, at least one of their parents was—

(i)

a British citizen;

(ii)

an Irish citizen;

(iii)

a British citizen and an Irish citizen; or

(iv)

otherwise entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence; and]

“sponsor” means a person who has given an undertaking in writing for the purposes of the Immigration Rules to be responsible for the maintenance and accommodation of another person.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a)“jobseeker”, “self-employed person”, and “worker” have the same meaning as for the purposes of the definition of a “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the EEA Regulations(2); and

[F8(ab)frontier worker” means a person who is a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens' Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;]

(b)subject to paragraph (3), references to the family member of a jobseeker, self-employed person [F9, worker or frontier worker] shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7 of [F10the EEA Regulations].

(3) For the purposes of regulations 4(2)(d) [F11and (k)] and 6(2)(d) [F11and (k)] “family member” does not include a person who is treated as a family member by virtue of regulation 7(3) of the EEA Regulations.

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Textual Amendments

F1Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1467), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a) (with reg. 3)

F2Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.3.2014) by virtue of The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/435), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

F3Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2013) by The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1467), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b) (with reg. 3)

F4Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 71(2)(a)

F5Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (30.10.2016) by The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/965), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

F6Word in reg. 2(1) omitted (24.8.2020) by virtue of The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/667), regs. 1, 3(a)

F7Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/667), regs. 1, 3(b)

F8Reg. 2(2)(ab) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 71(2)(b)

F9Words in reg. 2(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 71(2)(c)(i)

F10Words in reg. 2(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 71(2)(c)(ii)