SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9 Asylum Support: Interim Provisions
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(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring prescribed local authorities or local authorities falling within a prescribed description of authority to provide support, during the interim period, to eligible persons.
(2)
“Eligible persons” means—
(a)
asylum-seekers, or
(b)
their dependants,
who appear to be destitute or to be likely to become destitute within such period as may be prescribed.
(3)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), in Northern Ireland, F1a Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)) is to be treated as a local authority.