119 Homelessness: Scotland and Northern Ireland.U.K.
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(1)A person subject to immigration control—
(a)is not eligible for accommodation or assistance under the homelessness provisions, and
(b)is to be disregarded in determining for the purposes of those provisions, whether [a person falling within subsection (1A)]—
(i)is homeless or is threatened with homelessness, or
(ii)has a priority need for accommodation,
unless he is of a class specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.
[(1A)A person falls within this subsection if the person—
(a)falls within a class specified in an order under subsection (1); but
[(b)is not a person who, immediately before IP completion day, was—
(i)a national of an EEA State or Switzerland, and
(ii)within a class specified in an order under subsection (1) which had effect at that time.]]
(2)An order under subsection (1) may not be made so as to include in a specified class any person to whom section 115 applies.
(3)“The homelessness provisions” means—
(a)in relation to Scotland, Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; and
(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, Part II of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.
(4)“Person subject to immigration control” has the same meaning as in section 118.
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