The Housing Accommodation and Homelessness(Persons subject to Immigration Control) Order(Northern Ireland) 1996
Under section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, the Secretary of State has power to specify classes of persons subject to immigration control for whom a housing authority may provide housing accommodation (subsection (1)) or assistance under the homelessness legislation (subsection (2)). The Housing Accommodation and Homelessness (Persons subject to Immigration Control) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1982), which did not extend to Northern Ireland, specified certain classes for the purposes of section 9. This Order makes equivalent provision for Northern Ireland.