Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations
3.—(1) Regulation 9(4) of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1) (persons treated as not being in Northern Ireland) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) Before sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(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,”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (e)—
(a)at the end of head (ii) omit “or”;
(b)after head (iii) add—
“or
(iv)granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme,”.
S.R. 2016 No. 216; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations