{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006/section-43",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/13",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006",
  "path": "section/43",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Accommodation",
  "text": "(1) In section 99(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (provision of support by local authorities)—\n(a) for “asylum-seekers and their dependants (if any)” substitute “ persons ”, and\n(b) after “section” insert “ 4, ”.\n(2) In section 99(4) (expenditure) after “section” insert “ 4, ”.\n(3) In section 118(1)(b) (housing authority accommodation) for “95” substitute “ 4, 95 or 98 ”.\n(4) In the following provisions for “under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999” substitute “ under section 4 or Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 ”\n(a) section 3A(7A) of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 (c. 43) (excluded tenancies and licences),\n(b) paragraph 3A(1) of Schedule 2 to the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15)) (non-secure tenancies),\n(c) section 23A(5A) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58) (excluded tenancies and occupancy rights),\n(d) paragraph 4A(1) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (non-secure tenancies),\n(e) paragraph 11B of Schedule 4 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43) (non-assured tenancies), and\n(f) paragraph 12A(1) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) (non-assured tenancies).\n(5) A tenancy is not a Scottish secure tenancy (within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10) if it is granted in order to provide accommodation under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (accommodation).\n(6) A tenancy which would be a Scottish secure tenancy but for subsection (4) becomes a Scottish secure tenancy if the landlord notifies the tenant that it is to be regarded as such.\n(7) At the end of section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (accommodation) add—\n“(10) The Secretary of State may make regulations permitting a person who is provided with accommodation under this section to be supplied also with services or facilities of a specified kind.\n(11) Regulations under subsection (10)—\n(a) may, in particular, permit a person to be supplied with a voucher which may be exchanged for goods or services,\n(b) may not permit a person to be supplied with money,\n(c) may restrict the extent or value of services or facilities to be provided, and\n(d) may confer a discretion.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 43 in force at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1497, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/19",
      "affecting_title": "Immigration Act 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/19",
      "affecting_title": "Immigration Act 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/19",
      "affecting_title": "Immigration Act 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:51.061548+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}