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3.—(1) A person shall be treated as not being in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act if he is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

(2) [F1Paragraphs (1) and (6) do] not apply to a Crown servant posted overseas or his partner.

(3) A person 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 shall be treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom [F2and paragraph (6) shall not apply].

[F3(4) For the purposes of working tax credit a person (P) shall be treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom where—

(a)P is exercising rights in the United Kingdom as a worker pursuant to Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 or P is a person with a right to reside in the United Kingdom pursuant to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016; or

(b)P satisfies the conditions in paragraph (4A).

(4A) The conditions are that—

(a)P is a national of the United Kingdom or is a citizen of Ireland;

(b)P resides in Ireland; and

(c)P is engaged in qualifying remunerative work in the United Kingdom.

(4B) For the purposes of paragraph (4A), P is a national of the United Kingdom if—

(a)P is a British citizen;

(b)P is a person who is a British subject by virtue of Part IV of the British Nationality Act 1981 and is therefore exempt from United Kingdom immigration control; or

(c)P is a British Dependent Territories citizen who acquires their citizenship from a connection with Gibraltar.

(4C) For the purposes of paragraph (4A)—

(a)P is a citizen of Ireland if P is within the meaning of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; and

(b)“qualifying remunerative work” has the same meaning as it has in regulation 4 of the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002.]

[F4(5) A person [F5(P)] shall be treated as not being in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act where F6...—

(a)[F7P] makes a claim for child tax credit F8..., on or after 1st May 2004 [F9and one of sub-paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) applies;]

[F10(b)P does not have a right to reside in the United Kingdom;

(c)P has a right to reside under paragraph (1) of regulation 16 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because P satisfies the criteria in paragraph (5) of that regulation; or

(d)P would fall within sub-paragraph (b) or (c) but for the fact that P has 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; or

(ii)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(5A) Paragraph [F12(5)(c)] does not apply to a person who is lawfully working in the United Kingdom and is a national of a State with which—

(a)the European Union has concluded an agreement under Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (an “EU Agreement”) providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families; or

(b)the United Kingdom has concluded an agreement which replaces in whole or in part an EU Agreement in sub-paragraph (a) which has ceased to apply to, and in, the United Kingdom, providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families.]

[F13(5B) Paragraph [F14(5)(d)(i) ] does not apply to a person who—

(a)has limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971 which has been granted by virtue of Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules;

(b)has been granted such leave in reliance of being a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland in accordance with those Rules; and

(c)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 within the meaning of regulation 2 of those Regulations.]

[F15(6) Subject to paragraph (7), a person is to be treated as being in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act where he makes a claim for child tax credit only if that person has been living in the United Kingdom for 3 months before that claim plus any time taken into account by regulation 7 of the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 for determining for the purpose of that regulation when the claim is treated as having been made.

(7) Paragraph (6) shall not apply where the person—

(a)most recently entered the United Kingdom before 1st July 2014;

(b)is a worker or a self-employed person in the United Kingdom for the purposes of [F16regulation 4(1)(a) or (b) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016];

(c)retains the status of a worker or self-employed person in the United Kingdom pursuant to [F17regulation 6(2) or (4) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016];

(d)is treated as a worker in the United Kingdom pursuant to regulation 5 of the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013 (right of residence of a Croatian who is an “accession State national subject to worker authorisation”);

(e)is a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraphs (b), (c), (d) [F18, (i) or (o)];

(f)is a person to whom regulation 4 applies (persons temporarily absent from the United Kingdom) and who returns to the United Kingdom within 52 weeks starting from the first day of the temporary absence;

(g)returns to the United Kingdom after a period abroad of less than 52 weeks where immediately before departing from the United Kingdom that person had been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for a continuous period of 3 months;

(h)returns to the United Kingdom otherwise as a worker or self-employed person after a period abroad and where, otherwise than for a period of up to 3 months ending on the day of returning, that person has paid either Class 1 or Class 2 contributions pursuant to regulation 114, 118, 146 or 147 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 or pursuant to an Order in Council having effect under section 179 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;

[F19(i)is not a national of an EEA State and would be a worker or self-employed person in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 if that person—

(i)were a national of an EEA State; and

(ii)a “member of the post-transition period group” within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;]

(j)is a refugee as defined 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;

(k)has been granted leave, or 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)granted by the Secretary of State with recourse to public funds, or

(ii)deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005;

(l)has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State pending an application for indefinite leave to remain as a victim of domestic violence;

(m)has been granted humanitarian protection by the Secretary of State under Rule 339C of Part 11 of the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;

[F20(n)has been granted section 67 leave];

[F21(o)is a national of an EEA State and would satisfy the criteria in sub-paragraph (b) or (c) if they were a “member of the post-transition period group” within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020].

[F22(7A) A person (“P”) who is within Part IV Section 4 of the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland will be treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom where P makes a claim for child tax credit if—

(a)P resides in Ireland; and

(b)P is in a relevant situation.

(7B) Both members of a couple (“A and B”) who are within Part IV Section 4 of the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland will be treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom where they make a joint claim for child tax credit tax if—

(a)either —

(i)A or B is resident in Ireland; or

(ii)both A and B are resident in Ireland; and

(b)either—

(i)A or B is in a relevant situation; or

(ii)both A and B are in a relevant situation and it does not matter if A and B are not in the same relevant situation.

(7C) For the purposes of paragraphs (7A) and (7B), a person is in a “relevant situation” if that person is—

(a)an employed person as defined in Article 1 of the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland and subject to the legislation of the United Kingdom in accordance with Part II of that Agreement;

(b)a self-employed person as defined in Article 1 of the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland and subject to the legislation of the United Kingdom in accordance with Part II of that Agreement;

(c)receiving a contributory benefit from the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 9(2) of the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland;

(d)receiving a state pension from the United Kingdom within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(v) of the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland; or

(e)receiving a survivor’s benefit from the United Kingdom within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(vi) of the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland.

(7D) For the purposes of paragraphs (7A) to (7C), “the Reciprocal Agreement with Ireland” means the Convention on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland signed at Dublin on 1st February 2019.]

(8) [F23For the purposes of paragraph (7)(e)], a “family member” means a person who is defined as a family member of another person in [F24regulation 7 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016].

(9) In this regulation, “EEA State”, in relation to any time, means a state which at that time is a member State, or any other state which at that time is a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May, together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993, as modified or supplemented from time to time.]

[F25(10) In this regulation “section 67 leave” means leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted by the Secretary of State to a person who has been relocated to the United Kingdom pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.]

[F26(11) In this regulation, “relevant person of Northern Ireland” means a person who—

(a)is—

(i)a British citizen; or

(ii)an Irish citizen; or

(iii)a British citizen and an Irish citizen; and

(b)was born in Northern Ireland and, at the time of that person’s birth, at least one of their parents was—

(i)a British citizen;

(ii)an Irish citizen; or

(iii)a British citizen and an Irish citizen; or

(iv)otherwise entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence.]

[F27(12) 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.]

Textual Amendments

F3Reg. 3(4)-(4C) substituted for reg. 3(4) (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits and Child Trust Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/713), reg. 9(a) (see S.I. 2019/622, art. 1 and S.I. 2019/128, reg. 1(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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