The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Amendment of the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

2.—(1) The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) Regulations 2006 (Northern Ireland)(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(2) (persons from abroad who are ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation), after sub-paragraph (l) insert—

“(m) a person who was residing in Sudan before 15th April 2023 and who left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15th April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan.”.

(3) In regulation 4(2) (persons from abroad who are ineligible for housing assistance), after sub-paragraph (l) insert—

“(m) a person who was residing in Sudan before 15thApril 2023 and who left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15th April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

(1)

S.R. 2006/397. Relevant amending instruments are S.R. 2009 No. 161, S.R. 2013 No. 189, S.R. 2019 No. 86, S.I. 2020/1309, S.R. 2021 No. 254 and S.R. 2022 No. 128.