# Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993, Paragraph 8

Extent: S+N.I.

(1) Nothing in section 4 or section 5 of this Act or this Schedule shall affect—
(a) the right of any person to occupy (or to have made available for his occupation) accommodation which, immediately before the day on which section 4 comes into force, is required to be made available for his occupation in pursuance of the homelessness legislation; or
(b) any application made to a housing authority which immediately before that day is a pending application.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above an application shall be regarded as pending if it is an application in respect of which the authority have not completed the inquiries that they are required to make under section 62 of the Housing Act 1985, section 28 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 or, as the case may be, Article 7 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/23/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-appeals-act-1993/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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