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The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) Regulations 2014
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- reg. 4(2) word omitted by S.I. 2021/1147 reg. 4(a)
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- reg. 3(h) word substituted by S.I. 2021/353 reg. 3(c)
- reg. 3(i) inserted by S.I. 2021/353 reg. 3(d)
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- reg. 3(k) word substituted by S.I. 2022/485 reg. 3(b)
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- reg. 3(m) inserted by S.I. 2023/76 reg. 3(c)
- reg. 3(m) word substituted by S.I. 2023/611 reg. 3(b)
- reg. 3(n) inserted by S.I. 2023/611 reg. 3(c)
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- reg. 4(1A) inserted by S.I. 2019/1041 reg. 2(3)
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- reg. 4(2)(h) word substituted by S.I. 2021/1147 reg. 4(b)
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- reg. 6(2)(l) inserted by S.I. 2023/1211 reg. 6(c)
Other persons from abroad who are ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodationE+W
4.—(1) A person who is not subject to immigration control is to be treated as a person from abroad who is ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation under Part 6 of the 1996 Act if—
(a)subject to paragraph (2), the person is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or the Republic of Ireland;
(b)the person’s only right to reside in the United Kingdom—
(i)is derived from the person’s status as a jobseeker or a family member of a jobseeker; or
(ii)is an initial right to reside for a period not exceeding three months under regulation 13 of the EEA Regulations(1); or
(iii)is a derivative right to reside to which the person is entitled under regulation 15A(1) of the EEA Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the applicant satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations(2); or
(iv)is derived from Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen; or
(c)the person’s only right to reside in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland—
(i)is a right equivalent to one of those mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)(i), (ii) or (iii) which is derived from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; or
(ii)is derived from Article 20 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union in a case where the right to reside—
(aa)in the Republic of Ireland arises because an Irish citizen; or
(bb)in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man arises because a British citizen also entitled to reside there,
would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen.
(2) The following are not to be treated as persons from abroad who are ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation pursuant to paragraph (1)(a)—
(a)a worker;
(b)a self-employed person;
(c)a person who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the EEA Regulations pursuant to regulation 5 of the Accession Regulations 2013 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation);
(d)a person who is the family member of a person specified in sub-paragraphs (a)-(c);
(e)a person with a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 15(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the EEA Regulations; and
(f)a person who is in the United Kingdom as a result of the person’s deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom.
(1)
Regulation 13 was amended by S.I. 2012/1547.
(2)
Regulation 15A was added by S.I. 2012/1547 and has been amended by regulation 2 of, and the Schedule to S.I. 2012/2560.
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