This version of this provision is prospective.
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, Section 134 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Prospective
(1)Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (support for asylum-seekers) shall apply in relation to designated persons and their dependants as it applies in relation to asylum-seekers and their dependants.
(2)But the following provisions of that Part shall not apply—
(a)section 96 (kinds of support),
(b)section 97(1)(b) (desirability of providing accommodation in well-supplied area),
(c)section 100 (duty to co-operate in providing accommodation),
(d)section 101 (reception zones),
(e)section 108 (failure of sponsor to maintain),
(f)section 111 (grants to voluntary organisations), and
(g)section 113 (recovery of expenditure from sponsor).
(3)Support may be provided under section 95 of the 1999 Act as applied by this section—
(a)by providing accommodation appearing to the Secretary of State to be adequate for a person's needs;
(b)by providing what appear to the Secretary of State to be essential living needs;
(c)in other ways which the Secretary of State thinks necessary to reflect exceptional circumstances of a particular case.
(4)Support by virtue of subsection (3) may not be provided wholly or mainly by way of cash unless the Secretary of State thinks it appropriate because of exceptional circumstances.
(5)Section 4 of the 1999 Act (accommodation) shall not apply in relation to designated persons.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 134(6) repealed (2.3.2009) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 15 para. 24, Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/415, art. 4(a)
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