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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 27th August 1997.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the Allocation Regulations” means the Allocation of Housing Regulations 1996; and
 “the Homelessness Regulations” means the Homelessness Regulations 1996.
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In regulation 6 of the Allocation Regulations (classes prescribed under section 161(3) of the Housing Act 1996 who are not qualifying persons), in the description of Class F, at the end, add—“
(iv) a person who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption;”.
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In regulation 4 of the Homelessness Regulations (descriptions of persons who are to be treated as persons from abroad ineligible for housing assistance), in paragraph (a), at the end, add—“
(iv) a person who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption;”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
26th August 1997