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The Asylum Support (Repeal) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/782 · Made 21 March 2002

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IMMIGRATION

Made 21st March 2002

Coming into force 8th April 2002

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 96(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Repeal of section 96(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Asylum Support (Repeal) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 8th April 2002.

2Repeal of section 96(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

Subsection (3) of section 96 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (ways in which support may be provided) is hereby repealed.

Signature

David Blunkett

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

21st March 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order repeals section 96(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which provides that asylum support provided by the Secretary of State under subsections (1)(a) or (b) or (2) of that section must not, unless the circumstances of a particular case are exceptional, be wholly or mainly by way of payments made (by whatever means) to the supported person or to his dependants (if any).