PART 3 U.K.Access to benefits and services

Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 U.K.

59.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (persons not in Great Britain)—

(a) in paragraph (3)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b)(ii) insert “ or ”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraphs (c) to (e);

(b) after paragraph (4)(zd) insert—

“(ze) a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens' Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;

(zf) a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (ze), who has been granted limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom by virtue of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;”;

(c) after paragraph (5) insert —

“(6) In this regulation references to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 are to be read with Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020(Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2020.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 59 not in force at made date, see reg. 1

I2 Reg. 59 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1(2) and S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2002/1792. Regulation 2 was substituted by S.I. 2006/1026. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/1809, 2012/ 2587, 2016/1052, 2019/872 and 2020/683.