The Allocation of Housing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Article 22 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the Order”) provides that the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (“the Executive”) shall comply with a scheme for the allocation of housing accommodation approved by the Department for Social Development. Article 22A of the Order provides that the Executive shall not allocate housing accommodation to a person from abroad who is ineligible for such an allocation (paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (b)) and that the Secretary of State has power to specify, by regulations, classes of persons who are ineligible (paragraph (3)).