Regulation 9 Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

In regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006^f1 (cases in which section 1(1A) of the Administration Act is disapplied), at the end of paragraph (b) add—

“(c)

to a person who—

(i)

is a person in respect of whom a claim for housing benefit is made;

(ii)

is subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act;

(iii)

is a person from abroad for the purposes of these Regulations as defined in regulation 10(2); and

(iv)

has not previously been allocated a national insurance number.”.