2013 No. 1467
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160ZA(4), 172(4), 185(3) and 215(2) of the Housing Act 19961, makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force on 1st July 2013.
2
These Regulations apply to England only.
Amendment of the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 20062
1
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006 2 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2(1)—
a
omit the definition of “the Accession Regulations 2004”; and
b
after the definition of “the Accession Regulations 2006”, insert —
“the Accession Regulations 2013” means the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 20133;
3
For regulation 4(2)(c), substitute—
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 either—
i
regulation 6 of the Accession Regulations 2006 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation), or
ii
regulation 5 of the Accession Regulations 2013 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation);
4
For regulation 6(2)(c), substitute—
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 either—
i
regulation 6 of the Accession Regulations 2006 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation), or
ii
regulation 5 of the Accession Regulations 2013 (right of residence of an accession State national subject to worker authorisation);
Transitional provisions3
The amendments made by these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to an applicant whose application for—
a
an allocation of housing accommodation under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996; or
b
housing assistance under Part 7 of that Act,
was made before 1st July 2013.
Signed for and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(This note is not part of the Regulations)