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9.—(1) For the purposes of determining whether a person meets the basic condition to be in Northern Ireland, except where a person falls within paragraph (4), a person is to be treated as not being in Northern Ireland if the person is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.
(2) A person must not be treated as habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland unless the person has a right to reside in one of those places.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a right to reside does not include a right which exists by virtue of, or in accordance with—
(a)regulation 13 of the EEA Regulations F1...,
(b)regulation 14 of the EEA Regulations M1, but only in cases where the right exists under that regulation because the person is—
(i)a qualified person for the purposes of regulation 6(1) of those Regulations as a jobseeker, or
(ii)a family member (within the meaning of regulation 7 of those Regulations) of such a jobseeker, F2...
(c)[F3regulation 16] of the EEA Regulations M2, but only in cases where the right exists under that regulation because [F4the person] satisfies the criteria in [F5regulation 16(5)] of those Regulations F6...[F7, or]
[F8(d)a person having been granted limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971 by virtue of—
(i)Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act, F9...
(ii)being a person with a Zambrano right to reside as defined in Annex 1 of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act][F10, or
(iii)having arrived in the United Kingdom with an entry clearance that was granted under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act.]
[F11(3A) Paragraph (3)(d)(i) does not apply to a person who—
(a)has a right to reside granted by virtue of being a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland; and
(b)would have a right to reside under the EEA Regulations if the relevant person of Northern Ireland were an EEA national, provided that the right to reside does not fall within paragraph (3)(a) or (c)]
(4) A person falls within this paragraph if the person is—
[F12(za)a person granted leave in accordance with the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, where such leave is granted by virtue of—
(i)the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, or
(ii)the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme),
(zb)a person in Northern Ireland not coming within sub-paragraph (za) or (e)(iv) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15th August 2021,]
(a)a qualified person for the purposes of regulation 6 of the EEA Regulations as a worker or a self-employed person,
(b)a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (a) F13...,
(c)a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 15(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the EEA Regulations,
[F14(ca)a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland, with a right to reside which falls within paragraph (3)(d)(i), provided that the relevant person of Northern Ireland falls within paragraph (4)(a), or would do so but for the fact that they are not an EEA national,]
[F15(cb)a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020,
(cc)a family member, of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (cb), 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,]
(d)a refugee within the definition in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 M3, as extended by Article 1(2) of the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on 31st January 1967 M4,
(e)a person who has been granted, or who is deemed to have been granted, leave outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 M5 where that leave is—
(i)discretionary leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom,
(ii)leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession M6, F16...
(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005 M7,
[F17or
(iv)granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme,]
(f)a person who has humanitarian protection granted under those rules, or
(g)a person who is not a person subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 M8 and who is in the United Kingdom as a result of their deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom.
[F18(5) In this regulation—
“EEA national” has the same meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the EEA Regulations,
“family member” has the meaning given in regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the EEA Regulations, except that regulation 7(4) does not apply for the purposes of paragraphs (3A) and (4)(ca),
“relevant person of Northern Ireland” has the meaning given in Annex 1 of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 9(3)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 77(3)(a)(i)
F2Word in reg. 9(3)(b)(ii) omitted (7.5.2019) by virtue of The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/89), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)
F3Words in reg. 9(3)(c) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/89), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(i)
F4Words in reg. 9(3)(c) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/89), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(ii)
F5Words in reg. 9(3)(c) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/89), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(iii)
F6Words in reg. 9(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 77(3)(a)(ii)
F7Words in reg. 9(3)(c) inserted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/89), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)
F8Reg. 9(3)(d) inserted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/89), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)
F9Word in reg. 9(3)(d)(i) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by virtue of The Immigration (Citizens' Rights etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1372), regs. 1(2)(a)(3)(d), 27(2)(a)
F10Reg. 9(3)(d)(iii) and word inserted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by The Immigration (Citizens' Rights etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1372), regs. 1(2)(a)(3)(d), 27(2)(b)
F11Reg. 9(3A) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Universal Credit (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/130), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F12Reg. 9(4)(za) Inserted (25.9.2021) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/269), regs. 1, 3(2)
F13Words in reg. 9(4)(b) omitted (24.8.2020) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/130), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
F14Reg. 9(4)(ca) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Universal Credit (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/130), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)
F15Reg. 9(4)(cb)(cc) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 77(3)(b)
F16Reg. 9(4)(e)(ii) Word Omitted (25.9.2021) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/269), regs. 1, 3(3)(a)
F17Reg. 9(4)(e)(iv) and word Inserted (25.9.2021) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/269), regs. 1, 3(3)(b)
F18Reg. 9(5) added (24.8.2020) by The Universal Credit (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/130), regs. 1, 2(2)(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 9 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Citizens' Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1209), regs. 1(1), 3(3), 4(4), 11(y)
Marginal Citations
M1Regulation 14 was amended by Schedule 1 of S.I. 2012/1547 and S.I. 2013/3032.
M2Regulation 15A was inserted by regulation 9 of S.I. 2012/1547 and paragraph (4A) of that regulation was inserted by S.I. 2012/2560.
M3Cmnd. 9171.
M4Cmnd. 3906.
M6The Destitution Domestic Violence concession is published by the Home Office at http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
M7S.I. 2005/1379 as amended by S.I. 2013/630.
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