LegalizeThe Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made: 18th March 2008
Laid before Parliament: 19th March 2008
Coming into force: 14th April 2008
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 166(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(a) of Schedule 8 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 19991, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on the 14th April 2008.
Kind and levels of support for essential living needs
2
For the table at regulation 10(2) of the Asylum Support Regulations 20002 substitute:
| Qualifying couple | £66.13 |
|---|---|
| Lone parent aged 18 or over | £42.16 |
| Single person aged 25 or over | £42.16 |
| Single person aged at least 18 but under 25 | £33.39 |
| Person aged at least 16 but under 18 (except a member of a qualifying couple) | £36.29 |
| Person aged under 16 | £48.30 |
Revocation of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2007
3
The Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2007 are revoked.
Signed
Liam Byrne — Minister of State — 18th March 2008
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Regulation 2 amends regulation 10(2) of the 2000 Regulations by increasing the cash amounts payable, as a general rule, in respect of a person’s essential living needs. These changes take effect from the 14th April 2008 and on that date the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2007, which set out the amounts previously payable, are revoked.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
Footnotes
S.I. 2000/704: regulation 10(2) was substituted by regulation 4 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/472) and amended by regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2169), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/755), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/763), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1313), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/738), regulation 2 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/733) and regulation 3 of the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/863).
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