Section 9: Support where asylum claim inadmissible

Illegal Migration Act 2023 · 2023 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

REPEALED on 2025-12-02 by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).

If paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Immigration Act 2016, which repeals section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, is not yet in force on the day this section comes into force, in subsection (2)(b) of that section, after “the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002” insert .“and section 5 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023”

In section 94 (interpretation of Part 6: support for asylum-seekers etc)—

in subsection (4A), after “the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002” insert ,“or section 5 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023”
in subsection (4B), for “of that Act” substitute , and“of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002”
in subsection (4C), for “of that Act” substitute .“of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 or under section 5 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023”

The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is amended as follows.

In section 18(1ZA) (asylum seeker: definition), after “section 80A or 80B” insert .“of this Act or section 5 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023”

In section 21 (sections 17 to 20: supplementary), in subsection (3)(a), after “section 80A or 80B” insert .“of this Act or section 5 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023”

In paragraph 17(2A) of Schedule 3 (withholding and withdrawal of support: interpretation), after “section 80A or 80B” insert .“of this Act or section 5 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023”

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