Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 706

IMMIGRATION

HOUSING, ENGLAND

HOUSING, SCOTLAND

HOUSING, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000

Made

7th March 2000

Laid before Parliament

13th March 2000

Coming into force

3rd April 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 118, 119 and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1999 c. 33. The Secretary of State can exercise the power under section 118 in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland but not Wales: see article 2 of and the entry for section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49) in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). See also section 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) (sections 118 and 119 re-enact, with modifications, section 9 of the 1996 Act). Section 9 of the 1996 Act, in so far as it extended to England and Wales, was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 16, and Parts VII and VIII of Schedule 19, to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52).