PART 2 U.K.IMMIGRATION

Chapter 1 U.K.Amendment and saving of primary legislation

Amendment of the Housing Act 1996 U.K.

10.—(1) The Housing Act 1996 M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 185 (persons from abroad not eligible for housing assistance), for subsection (5)(b) substitute—

“(b) is not a person who, immediately before IP completion day, was—

(i) a national of an EEA State or Switzerland, and

(ii) within a class prescribed by regulations made under subsection (2) which had effect at that time.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 10 not in force at made date, see reg. 1

I2 Reg. 10 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1(2) and S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 1996 c. 52. Relevant amendments were made by paragraph 4(3) of, Schedule 15 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 but are in force only for the purposes of applications for an allocation of social housing or housing assistance (homelessness) made on or after 2nd March 2009 (see S.I. 2009/415).