C1Part 10Special immigration status
134Support
1
Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (support for asylum-seekers) shall apply in relation to designated persons and their dependants as it applies in relation to asylum-seekers and their dependants.
2
But the following provisions of that Part shall not apply—
a
section 96 (kinds of support),
b
section 97(1)(b) (desirability of providing accommodation in well-supplied area),
c
section 100 (duty to co-operate in providing accommodation),
d
section 101 (reception zones),
e
section 108 (failure of sponsor to maintain),
f
section 111 (grants to voluntary organisations), and
g
section 113 (recovery of expenditure from sponsor).
3
Support may be provided under section 95 of the 1999 Act as applied by this section—
a
by providing accommodation appearing to the Secretary of State to be adequate for a person's needs;
b
by providing what appear to the Secretary of State to be essential living needs;
c
in other ways which the Secretary of State thinks necessary to reflect exceptional circumstances of a particular case.
4
Support by virtue of subsection (3) may not be provided wholly or mainly by way of cash unless the Secretary of State thinks it appropriate because of exceptional circumstances.
5
Section 4 of the 1999 Act (accommodation) shall not apply in relation to designated persons.
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Pt. 10: power to amend conferred (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 28.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss., 82(2)(k), (3)-(6), 87(1)(4)(i) 82(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 29