Section 49 — Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: Failed asylum-seeker

Failed asylum-seeker 49 1 The following shall be added at the end of section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (accommodation for person on temporary admission or release)— 2 The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, facilities for the accommodation of a person if—

a he was (but is no longer) an asylum-seeker, and b his claim for asylum was rejected.

3 The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, facilities for the accommodation of a dependant of a person for whom facilities may be provided under subsection (2).

4 The following expressions have the same meaning in this section as in Part VI of this Act (as defined in section 94)—

a asylum-seeker, b claim for asylum, and c dependant.

2 The present section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) becomes subsection (1) (and its heading becomes “ Accommodation ” ).