Section 116: Amendment of section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948.

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 · 1999 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Section 115: Exclusion from benefits.
- Section 117: Other restrictions on assistance: England and Wales.

Part VI: Support for Asylum-Seekers

In section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (duty of local authorities to provide accommodation), after subsection (1), insert—

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.