http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2452/contents/made

The Prescription as Persons in Need (Persons subject to Immigration Control) (Scotland) Order 1997

Local government

Immigration control

Immigration and nationality

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2015-03-19

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

This Order prescribes as “persons in need” for the purposes of the Social Work (Scotland) 1968 persons subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 13(2) of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. This has the effect of making them eligible for assistance under section 12 of that Act provided they satisfy the criteria set out in that section.