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2002 No. 2367 (S. 9)

HOUSING, SCOTLAND

The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers) Order 2002

  Made 16th September 2002 
  Laid before Parliament 17th September 2002 
  Coming into force 30th September 2002 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 104 and 112(1) of the Scotland Act 1998[1], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002.

Interpretation
     2. In this Order "Scottish secure tenancy" has the same meaning as in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001[2].

Accommodation for asylum-seekers
     3.  - (1) A tenancy shall not be a Scottish secure tenancy if it is granted in order to provide accommodation under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999[3] (support for asylum-seekers).

    (2) A tenancy mentioned in paragraph (1) becomes a Scottish secure tenancy if the landlord notifies the tenant that it is to be regarded as a Scottish secure tenancy.


Charles Falconer
Minister of State

Home Office
16th September 2002


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order provides that a tenancy granted to asylum-seekers under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is not a Scottish secure tenancy within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, unless the tenant is notified otherwise by the landlord.

Notes:

 [1] 1998 c. 46.back

[2] 2001 asp 10.back

[3] 1999 c. 33.back


ISBN 0 11 042826 9


  Prepared 30 September 2002

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