(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967); the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207); the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814).
In particular, these Regulations amend the definition of “person from abroad” in each of the Regulations amended. They extend the categories of persons who are excluded from being treated as not habitually resident in the United Kingdom to cover persons who have been deported, expelled or otherwise removed by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.