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The Asylum Support Regulations 2000

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Suspension or discontinuation of support

20.—(1) Asylum support for a supported person and his dependants (if any), or for one or more dependants of a supported person, may be suspended or discontinued if—

(a)the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect that the supported person or any dependant of his has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with any condition subject to which the asylum support is provided;

(b)the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect that the supported person or any dependant of his has committed an offence under Part VI of the Act;

(c)the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect that the supported person has intentionally made himself and his dependants (if any) destitute;

(d)the supported person or any dependant of his for whom asylum support is being provided ceases to reside at the authorised address; or

(e)the supported person or any dependant of his for whom asylum support is being provided is absent from the authorised address—

(i)for more than seven consecutive days and nights, or

(ii)for a total of more than 14 days and nights in any six month period,

without the permission of the Secretary of State.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a person has intentionally made himself destitute if he appears to be, or to be likely to become within the period prescribed by regulation 7, destitute as a result of an act or omission deliberately done or made by him or any dependant of his without reasonable excuse while in the United Kingdom.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, the authorised address is—

(a)the accommodation provided for the supported person and his dependants (if any) by way of asylum support; or

(b)if no accommodation is so provided, the address notified by the supported person to the Secretary of State in his application for asylum support or, where a change of his address has been notified to the Secretary of State under regulation 15, the address for the time being so notified.

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