SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Ineligible persons from abroad: statutory disregards

Part 2Scotland and Northern Ireland

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

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(1)

Section 119 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (persons subject to immigration control to be disregarded in determining another person's eligibility for accommodation or assistance) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)(b) for “another person” substitute “ a person falling within subsection (1A) ”.

(3)

After subsection (1) insert—

“(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 national of an EEA State or Switzerland.”