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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 or Article 6 of Council Directive No. 2004/38/EC M1,
(b)regulation 14 of the EEA Regulations M2, 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, F1...
(c)[F2regulation 16] of the EEA Regulations M3, but only in cases where the right exists under that regulation because [F3the person] satisfies the criteria in [F4regulation 16(5)] of those Regulations or 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 their rights as a European citizen)[F5, or]
[F6(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, or
(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].
(4) A person falls within this paragraph if the person is—
(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) within the meaning of regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the EEA Regulations,
(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,
(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 M4, as extended by Article 1(2) of the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on 31st January 1967 M5,
(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 M6 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 M7, or
(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005 M8,
(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 M9 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Word 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)
F2Words 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)
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)(ii)
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)(iii)
F5Words 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)
F6Reg. 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)
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M1OJL 158, 30.4.04, p. 77.
M2Regulation 14 was amended by Schedule 1 of S.I. 2012/1547 and S.I. 2013/3032.
M3Regulation 15A was inserted by regulation 9 of S.I. 2012/1547 and paragraph (4A) of that regulation was inserted by S.I. 2012/2560.
M4Cmnd. 9171.
M5Cmnd. 3906.
M7The Destitution Domestic Violence concession is published by the Home Office at http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
M8S.I. 2005/1379 as amended by S.I. 2013/630.
10.—(1) The following persons do not have to meet the basic condition to be in Northern Ireland—
(a)a Crown servant or member of Her Majesty's forces posted overseas;
(b)in the case of joint claimants, the partner of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) while they are accompanying the person on that posting.
(2) A person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) is posted overseas if the person is performing overseas the duties of a Crown servant or member of Her Majesty's forces and was, immediately before their posting or the first of consecutive postings, habitually resident in the United Kingdom.
(3) In this regulation—
“Crown servant” means a person holding an office or employment under the Crown, and
“Her Majesty's forces” has the meaning in the Armed Forces Act 2006 M10.
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11.—(1) A person's temporary absence from Northern Ireland is disregarded in determining whether they meet the basic condition to be in Northern Ireland if—
(a)the person is entitled to universal credit immediately before the beginning of the period of temporary absence, and
(b)either—
(i)the absence is not expected to exceed, and does not exceed, one month, or
(ii)paragraph (3) or (4) applies.
(2) The period of one month in paragraph (1)(b) may be extended by up to a further month if the temporary absence is in connection with the death of —
(a)the person's partner or a child or qualifying young person for whom the person was responsible, or
(b)a close relative of the person, or of their partner or of a child or qualifying young person for whom the person or their partner was responsible,
and the Department considers that it would be unreasonable to expect the person to return to Northern Ireland within the first month.
(3) This paragraph applies where the absence is not expected to exceed, and does not exceed, 6 months and is solely in connection with—
(a)the person undergoing—
(i)treatment for an illness or physical or mental impairment by, or under the supervision of, a qualified practitioner, or
(ii)medically approved convalescence or care as a result of treatment for an illness or physical or mental impairment, where the person had that illness or impairment before leaving Northern Ireland, or
(b)the person accompanying their partner or a child or qualifying young person for whom they are responsible for treatment or convalescence or care as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).
(4) This paragraph applies where the absence is not expected to exceed, and does not exceed, 6 months and the person is—
(a)a mariner, or
(b)continental shelf worker who is in a designated area or a prescribed area.
(5) In this regulation—
“continental shelf worker” means a person who is employed, whether under a contract of service or not, in a designated area or a prescribed area in connection with any activity mentioned in section 11(2) of the Petroleum Act 1998 M11;
“designated area” means any area which may from time to time be designated by Order in Council under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 M12 as an area within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised;
“mariner” means a person who is employed under a contract of service either as a master or member of the crew of any ship or vessel, or in any other capacity on board any ship or vessel where—
the employment in that other capacity is for the purposes of that ship or vessel or its crew or any passengers or cargo or mails carried by the ship or vessel, and
the contract is entered into in the United Kingdom with a view to its performance (in whole or in part) while the ship or vessel is on its voyage;
“medically approved” means certified by a registered medical practitioner;
“prescribed area” means any area over which Norway or any member State (other than the United Kingdom) exercises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring the seabed and subsoil and exploiting their natural resources, being an area outside the territorial seas of Norway or such member State, or any other area which is from time to time specified under section 10(8) of the Petroleum Act 1998;
“qualified practitioner” means a person qualified to provide medical treatment, physiotherapy or a form of treatment which is similar to, or related to, either of those forms of treatment.
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