Regulation 12 Income and assets to be taken into account in providing supportI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This regulation applies where it falls to the Secretary of State to decide the level or kind of asylum support to be provided for—

(a)

a person applying for asylum support, or such an applicant and any dependants of his; or

(b)

a supported person, or such a person and any dependants of his.

(2)

In this regulation “the principal” means the applicant for asylum support (where paragraph (1)(a) applies) or the supported person (where paragraph (1)(b) applies).

(3)

The Secretary of State must take into account—

(a)

any income which the principal or any dependant of his has or might reasonably be expected to have,

(b)

support which is or might reasonably be expected to be available to the principal or any dependant of his, and

(c)

any assets mentioned in regulation 6(5) (whether held in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) which are or might reasonably be expected to be available to the principal or any dependant of his,

otherwise than by way of asylum support.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 12 in force at 3.4.2000, see reg. 1