Regulation 2 Amendment of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000

In regulation 20 of the Asylum Support Regulations 2000^f1—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

at the end of sub-paragraph (j), omit “or”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (k), for “condition.” substitute “condition; or”;

(iii)

after sub-paragraph (k), insert—

“(l)

the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe that the supported person^f2 or a dependant of his for whom support is being provided has worked at a time when he was disqualified from working by reason of his immigration status.”.

(b)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (e), for “dependant.” substitute “dependant;”;

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (e), insert—

“(f)

a person is disqualified from working by reason of his immigration status if he is so disqualified within the meaning given by section 24B(2) of the Immigration Act 1971^f3 (illegal working).”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2000/704. Regulation 20 was substituted by S.I. 2005/11 and paragraph (6)(d) was substituted by S.I. 2017/1242.
f2: The meaning of “supported person” is set out in section 94(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
f3: 1971 c. 77. Section 24B was inserted by section 34(3) of the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19).