# The Housing Accommodation and Homelessness (Persons subject to Immigration Control) (Amendment) Order 1998, Article 2: Amendment of article 2 of the 1996 Order


(1) Article 2 of the 1996 Order (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) After the definition of “the 1971 Act”, insert—
““the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985;
“asylum-seeker” means a person who has made a claim for asylum which—
(a) has been recorded by the Secretary of State as having been made; and
(b) has not been recorded by the Secretary of State as having been finally determined or abandoned;
“child in need” has the same meaning as in section 17 of the Children Act 1989 (provision of services for children in need, their families and others);”.
(3) After the definition of “the Convention”, insert—
““family” has the same meaning as in section 17 of the Children Act 1989;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/139/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-accommodation-and-homelessness-persons-subject-to-immigration-control-amendment-order-1998/article-2
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