http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/198/introduction/made

The Allocation of Housing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Housing allocation

Employment rights

Regulation and deregulation

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HOUSING

Article 22 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the Order”) provides that the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (“the Executive”) shall comply with a scheme for the allocation of housing accommodation approved by the Department for Social Development. Article 22A of the Order provides that the Executive shall not allocate housing accommodation to a person from abroad who is ineligible for such an allocation (paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (b)) and that the Secretary of State has power to specify, by regulations, classes of persons who are ineligible (paragraph (3)).