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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 755

IMMIGRATION

The Asylum Support (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2003

  Made 17th March 2003 
  Laid before Parliament 18th March 2003 
  Coming into force 7th April 2003 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 166(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(a) of Schedule 8 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999[1], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7th April 2003.

Kind and levels of support for essential living needs
     2. For the table at regulation 10(2) of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000[2], substitute:


"TABLE

Qualifying couple £60.03
Lone parent aged 18 or over £38.26
Single person aged 25 or over £38.26
Single person aged at least 18 but under 25 £30.28
Person aged at least 16 but under 18 (except a member of a qualifying couple) £32.90
Person aged under 16 £38.50"


Revocation of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002
     3. The Asylum Support (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002[3] are hereby revoked.


Beverley Hughes
Minister of State

Home Office
17th March 2003


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations, which come into force on 7th April 2003, replace the table in regulation 10(2) of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/704) (as substituted by the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/472) and subsequently amended by the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2619)). They increase the total value, for any week, of asylum support in the form of vouchers redeemable for cash, or a cash payment, which may generally be expected to be provided under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in respect of the essential living needs of a person or qualifying couple. These Regulations also revoke the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002.

Notes:

 [1] 1999 c. 33.back

[2] S.I. 2000/704; regulation 10(2) was substituted by regulation 4 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/472) and amended by regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2619).back

[3] S.I. 2002/2619.back


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Prepared 31 March 2003

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