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Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

S.I. 2004/566 · Made 27 February 2004

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IMMIGRATION

Made 27th February 2004

Laid before Parliament 8th March 2004

Coming into force 4th April 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 15 of Schedule 9 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1 and having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 167(1) of that Act, makes the following Regulations—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Extension of the interim period in the Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) Regulations 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 4th April 2004.

2Extension of the interim period in the Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) Regulations 1999

In regulation 2(5) of the Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) Regulations 1999f1, for the words “5th April 2004” there is substituted “4th April 2005”.

Signature

Beverley Hughes

Minister of State

Home Office

27th February 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) Regulations 1999.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 2(5) of the 1999 Regulations by extending the “interim period” during which local authorities are required to provide support to asylum seekers or their dependants who appear to be destitute or likely to become destitute. The day prescribed for the ending of the interim period is now 4th April 2005.