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2.—(1) A person is to be treated as not in Great Britain if, subject to the following provisions of this regulation, he is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.
(2) No person shall be treated as habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland unless he has a right to reside in (as the case may be) the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland other than a right to reside which falls within paragraph (3) [F2or (3A)].
(3) A right to reside falls within this paragraph if it is one which exists by virtue of, or in accordance with, one or more of the following—
(a)regulation 13 of the [F3Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016];
(b)regulation 14 of those Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the person is—
(i)a jobseeker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of those Regulations, or
(ii)a family member (within the meaning of regulation 7 of those Regulations) of such a jobseeker;
(bb)[F4regulation 16 of those Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the person satisfies the criteria in paragraph (5) of that regulation;]
(c)Article 6 of Council Directive No.2004/38/EC; F5...
(d)[F6Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union] (in a case where the person is seeking work in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland)[F7; or
(e)Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen).]
[F8(3A) A right to reside falls within this paragraph if it exists by virtue of a person having been granted limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971 by virtue of—
(a)Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act; or
(b)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.]
[F9(3B) Paragraph (3A)(a) 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 Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 if the relevant person of Northern Ireland were an EEA national, provided that the right to reside does not fall within paragraph (3).]
(4) A person is not to be treated as not in Great Britain if he is—
[F10(za)a qualified person for the purposes of regulation 6 of the [F11Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016] as a worker or a self-employed person;
(zb)a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (za)F12...;
(zc)a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 15(1)(c), (d) or (e) of those Regulations;]
[F13(zd)a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland, with a right to reside which falls within paragraph (3A)(a), provided that the relevant person of Northern Ireland falls within sub-paragraph (za), or would do so but for the fact that they are not an EEA national;]
F10(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)a refugee within the definition in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951, as extended by Article 1(2) of the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on 31st January 1967;
(h)[F14a person who has been granted leave or who is deemed to have been granted leave outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 (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; or
(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005;]
[F15(hh)a person who has humanitarian protection granted under those rules; [F16or]]
(i)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 and who is in the United Kingdom as a result of his deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom;] F17...
F18(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F18(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F19(5) In this regulation—
“EEA national” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016;
“family member” has the meaning given in regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 except that regulation 7(4) of those Regulations does not apply for the purposes of paragraphs (3B) and (4)(zd);
“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
F1Reg. 2 substituted (30.4.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 9(2) (with reg. 11(2))
F2Words in reg. 2(2) inserted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)
F3Words in reg. 2(3)(a) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)
F4Reg. 2(3)(bb) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 4(2)(c)
F5Word in reg. 2(3)(c) omitted (8.11.2012) by virtue of The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 4(3)
F6Words in reg. 2(3)(d) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1809), art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 2(2))
F7Reg. 2(3)(e) and word added (8.11.2012) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 4(4)
F8Reg. 2(3A) inserted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 4(2)(d)
F9Reg. 2(3B) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)
F10Reg. 2(4)(za)-(zc) substituted for reg. 2(4)(a)-(f) (31.5.2014) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/902), regs. 1, 4
F11Words in reg. 2(4)(za) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 4(2)(e)
F12Words in reg. 2(4)(zb) omitted (24.8.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)
F13Reg. 2(4)(zd) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 4(2)(c)
F14Reg. 2(4)(h) substituted (29.10.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(a)
F15Reg. 2(4)(h)(hh) substituted for reg. 2(4)(h) (9.10.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2528), regs. 1, 4(2)
F16Word in reg. 2(4)(hh) added (29.10.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(b)
F17Word in reg. 2(4)(i) omitted (18.3.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/362), regs. 1(2), 4(2)
F18Reg. 2(4)(j)(k) omitted (29.10.2013) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(c)
F19Reg. 2(5) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 4(2)(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 2(4)(a)-(e) applied (with modifications) (30.4.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 10(h) (with reg. 11(2))
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