The Homelessness (Persons subject to Immigration Control) (Amendment) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/628
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Homelessness (Persons subject to Immigration Control) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 28th March 1997.

Section 2 Classes specified under section 9(2)

In the Housing Accommodation and Homelessness (Persons subject to Immigration Control) Order 1996 , for the description of Class F, substitute—

a person (other than a person falling within Class E)—

who on or before 4th February 1996 made a claim for asylum;

who was on that date entitled to benefit under the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ; and

either—

whose claim has not been recorded by the Secretary of State as having been determined or abandoned; or

whose claim has been recorded as determined on or before 4th February 1996; and

whose appeal in respect of that claim was pending on 5th February 1996 or was made within the time limits specified in the rules of procedure made under section 22 of the 1971 Act; and

whose appeal in respect of that claim has not been determined or abandoned.