[160A Allocation only to eligible persons[: Wales]]
Housing Act 1996 (1996 c 52) | Legislation

[160A  Allocation only to eligible persons[: Wales]]

[(1)     A local housing authority [in Wales] shall not allocate housing accommodation—

(a)     to a person from abroad who is ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation by virtue of subsection (3) or (5);

(b)     to a person who the authority have decided is to be treated as ineligible for such an allocation by virtue of subsection (7); or

(c)     to two or more persons jointly if any of them is a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

(2)     Except as provided by subsection (1), any person may be allocated housing accommodation by a local housing authority [in Wales] (whether on his application or otherwise).

(3)     A person subject to immigration control within the meaning of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c 49) is (subject to subsection (6)) ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation by a local housing authority [in Wales] unless he is of a class prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(4)     No person

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