The Asylum Support (Prescribed Period following Appeal) Regulations 2007

Made

30th October 2007

Laid before Parliament

31st October 2007

Coming into force

2.00 p.m. on 31st October 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(5) of the UK Borders Act 2007(1).

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Asylum Support (Prescribed Period following Appeal) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force at 2pm on 31st October 2007.

Prescribed period

2. The prescribed period for the purposes of section 17(4) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (support for failed asylum-seekers) is –

(a) where an appeal has been disposed of by being allowed, 28 days; and

(b) in all other cases, 21 days.

Liam Byrne

Minister of State

Home Office

30th October 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 prescribes the period for the purposes of section 17(4) of the UK Borders Act 2007. During this period, a person's status as an asylum-seeker continues after his in-country appeal under section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ("the 2002 Act") or under section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 ceases to be pending, for the purposes of Part 6 (and section 4) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (support and accommodation for asylum seekers) and Part 2 of the 2002 Act (accommodation centres).

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2007 c.30 Back [1]

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