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(1)A person has a local connection with the district of a local housing authority if he has a connection with it—
(a)because he is, or in the past was, normally resident there, and that residence is or was of his own choice,
(b)because he is employed there,
(c)because of family associations, or
(d)because of special circumstances.
F1(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Residence in a district is not of a person’s own choice if—
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)he, or a person who might reasonably be expected to reside with him, becomes resident there because he is detained under the authority of an Act of Parliament.
F3(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)The Secretary of State may by order specify F4... circumstances in which—
(a)a person is not to be treated as employed in a district, or
(b)residence in a district is not to be treated as of a person’s own choice.
[F5(6)A person has a local connection with the district of a local housing authority if he was (at any time) provided with accommodation in that district under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (support for asylum seekers).
(7)But subsection (6) does not apply—
(a)to the provision of accommodation for a person in a district of a local housing authority if he was subsequently provided with accommodation in the district of another local housing authority under section 95 of that Act, or
(b)to the provision of accommodation in an accommodation centre by virtue of section 22 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) (use of accommodation centres for section 95 support).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 199(2) repealed (1.12.2008 for E., 30.3.2009 for W. for specified purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 315(a), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 4(10), 5, Sch. (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/773, art. 2
F2S. 199(3)(a) repealed (1.12.2008 for E., 30.3.2009 for W. for specified purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 315(b), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 4(10), 5, Sch. (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/773, art. 2
F3S. 199(4) repealed (1.12.2008 for E., 30.3.2009 for W. for specified purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 315(c), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 4(10), 5, Sch. (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/773, art. 2; and words in s. 199(4) substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), Sch. 16 para. 139; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
F4Word in s. 199(5) repealed (1.12.2008 for E., 30.3.2009 for W. for specified purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 315(d), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 4(10), 5, Sch. (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/773, art. 2
F5S. 199(6)(7) added (4.1.2005) by Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), ss. 11(1), 48(3); S.I. 2004/2999, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 199 excluded (3.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/797, art. 2(1)(3)(b)
S. 199 modified (3.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/797, art. 2(1)
Commencement Information
I1S. 199 in force 20.1.1997: s. 199 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 199(5) in force at 1.10.1996 by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (with transitional provisions and savings in the Sch.); s. 199 in force at 20.1.1997 to the extent it is not already in force by S.I. 1996/2959, art. 2
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