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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-and-homelessness-eligibility-england-amendment-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2588",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-and-homelessness-eligibility-england-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006",
  "text": "(1) The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.\n(2) After regulation 4(1)(b)(ii), insert—\n“(iii) is a derivative right to reside to which he is entitled under regulation 15A(1) of the EEA Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the applicant satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations; or\n(iv) is derived from Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen; or”.\n(3) For regulation 4(1)(c) substitute—\n“(c) his only right to reside in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland—\n(i) is a right equivalent to one of those mentioned in sub-paragraphs (b)(i),(ii) or (iii) which is derived from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; or\n(ii) is derived from Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in a case where the right to reside —\n(a) in the Republic of Ireland arises because an Irish citizen, or\n(b) in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man arises because a British citizen also entitled to reside there\nwould otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen.”.\n(4) After sub-paragraph 6(1)(b)(ii), insert—\n“(iii) is a derivative right to reside to which he is entitled under regulation 15A(1) of the EEA Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the applicant satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations; or\n(iv) is derived from Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights attaching to the status of European Union citizen; or”.\n(5) For regulation 6(1)(c) substitute—\n“(c) his only right to reside in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland—\n(i) is a right equivalent to one of those mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)(i),(ii) or (iii) which is derived from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; or\n(ii) is derived from Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in a case where the right to reside—\n(a) in the Republic of Ireland arises because an Irish citizen, or\n(b) in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man arises because a British citizen also entitled to reside there\nwould otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1294. Regulations 4 and 6 have been amended by S.I. 2006/3340, 2006/2007 and 2009/358. Other amendments have been made to S.I. 2006/1294 which are not relevant to these Regulations. The EEA Regulations referred to in regulation 2(2) are the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, S.I. 2006/1203, most recently amended by S.I 2012/2560."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2588/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:41.035918+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}