# The Asylum Support (Interim Provisions) Regulations 1999, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“assisted person” means an asylum-seeker, or a dependant of an asylum-seeker, who has applied for support and for whom support is provided;
“dependant”, in relation to an asylum-seeker, an assisted person or a person claiming support, means a person in the United Kingdom who:
(a) is his spouse;
(b) is a child of his, or of his spouse, who is under 18 and dependent on him;
(c) is under 18 and is a member of his, or his spouse's, close family;
(d) is under 18 and had been living as part of his household:
(i) for at least six of the 12 months before the day on which his claim for support was made; or
(ii) since birth;
(e) is in need of care and attention from him or a member of his household by reason of a disability and would fall within sub-paragraph (c) or (d) but for the fact that he is not under 18;
(f) had been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which his claim for support was made;
(g) is a person living as part of his household who was receiving assistance from a local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 immediately before the beginning of the interim period;
(h) has made a claim for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or for variation of any such leave, which is being considered on the basis that he is dependent on the asylum-seeker; or
(i) in relation to an assisted person or a person claiming support who is himself a dependant of an asylum-seeker, is the asylum-seeker;
“eligible persons” means asylum-seekers or their dependants who appear to be destitute or to be likely to become destitute within 14 days;
“local authority” means:
(a) in England, a county council, a metropolitan district council, a district council with the functions of a county council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(b) in Wales, a county council or a county borough council.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to support is to support under these Regulations.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to assistance under section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 is to assistance, the need for which has arisen solely:
(a) because of destitution; or
(b) because of the physical effects, or anticipated physical effects, of destitution.
(4) Any reference in these Regulations to assistance under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 is to the provision of accommodation or of any essential living needs.
(5) The interim period begins on the day on which these Regulations come into force and ends on 1st April 2002.
(6) For the purposes of section 94(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (day on which a claim for asylum is determined), the period of 14 days is prescribed for any case to which these Regulations apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3056/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-interim-provisions-regulations-1999/regulation-2
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