Part 3U.K.Other Support and Assistance

49 Failed asylum-seekerU.K.

(1)The following shall be added at the end of section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (accommodation for person on temporary admission or release)—

(2)The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, facilities for the accommodation of a person if—

(a)he was (but is no longer) an asylum-seeker, and

(b)his claim for asylum was rejected.

(3)The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, facilities for the accommodation of a dependant of a person for whom facilities may be provided under subsection (2).

(4)The following expressions have the same meaning in this section as in Part VI of this Act (as defined in section 94)—

(a)asylum-seeker,

(b)claim for asylum, and

(c)dependant.

(2)The present section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) becomes subsection (1) (and its heading becomes “ Accommodation ”).