PART 3SEligibility

Interpretation - residence and presence conditionsS

6.  In regulation 5—

“aircraft worker” means a person who is, or has been, employed under a contract of service either as a pilot, commander, navigator or other member of the crew of any aircraft, or in any other capacity on board any aircraft where—

(a)

the employment in that other capacity is for the purposes of the aircraft or its crew or of any passengers or cargo or mails carried on that aircraft, and

(b)

the contract is entered into in the United Kingdom with a view to its performance (in whole or in part) while the aircraft is in flight,

but does not include a person in so far as that employment is as a serving member of Her Majesty’s forces,

“child in care” means—

(a)

under the law of Scotland, a child in respect of whom a relevant individual listed in regulation [F15(7)(b)] —

(i)

is a foster carer within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009(1),

(ii)

is a kinship carer within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009,

(iii)

has a kinship care order within the meaning of section 72 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014(2), or

(b)

under the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, a child in respect of whom a person listed in regulation [F15(7)(b)] has a relationship equivalent to those listed in paragraph (a) under the law of Scotland,

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“civil servant” has the meaning given by section 1(4) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010(3),

“common travel area” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971,

“mariner” means a person who is, or has been, in employment 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—

(a)

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

(b)

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,

but does not include a person in so far as that employment is as a serving member of Her Majesty’s forces,

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“serving member of Her Majesty’s forces” means a member of a regular force or reserve force (“M”) as defined, in each case, by section 374 (definitions applying for purposes of the whole Act) of the Armed Forces Act 2006(4), unless—

(a)

M is under the age of 16,

(b)

M is committing an offence under section 8 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (desertion),

(c)

the force concerned is one of Her Majesty’s naval forces which M locally entered at an overseas base without F4...—

(i)

[F5previously being] an insured person under the National Insurance Act 1965(5), or

(ii)

[F6paying or having previously paid one or more of the following classes of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 or the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992—

(aa)

primary Class 1,

(bb)

Class 2, or

(cc)

Class 3, or]

(d)

the force concerned is one of Her Majesty’s military forces or Her Majesty’s air forces which M entered, or was recruited for, outside the United Kingdom and—

(i)

where that force is one of Her Majesty’s military forces, the depot for M’s unit is outside the United Kingdom, or

(ii)

where that force is one of Her Majesty’s air forces, M is liable under the terms of M’s engagement to serve only in a specified area outside the United Kingdom.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 6 in force at 26.7.2021, see reg. 1