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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Housing, Northern Ireland
Made
15th September 2021
Laid before Parliament
16th September 2021
Coming into operation-
17th September 2021
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and come into operation on 17th September 2021.
2.—(1) The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) Regulations 2006 (Northern Ireland)( 3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(2) (persons from abroad who are ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation)—
(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (i), omit “and”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (j) insert—
“(k) a person who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15th August 2021. ”.
(3) In regulation 4(2) (persons from abroad who are ineligible for housing assistance)—
(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (i), omit “and”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (j) insert—
“(k) a person who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15th August 2021. ”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Eddie Hughes
Minister of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
15th September 2021
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 ( S.R. 2006/397). This is to ensure that persons not subject to immigration control who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15th August 2021, are exempt from the habitual residence test otherwise applicable in relation to eligibility for an allocation of housing accommodation and for housing assistance.
A full Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument because the impact on business is not likely to be significant.
S.I. 1981/156 (N.I. 3). Article 22A was inserted by Article 124 of S.I. 2003/412 (N.I. 2).
S.I. 1988/1990 (N.I. 23). Article 7A was inserted by Article 137 of S.I. 2003/412 (N.I. 2).
S.R. 2006/397. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2020/1309.
