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2.—(1) A person is to be treated as not in Great Britain if, subject to the following provisions of this regulation, he is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.
(2) No person shall be treated as habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland unless he has a right to reside in (as the case may be) the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland other than a right to reside which falls within paragraph (3).
(3) A right to reside falls within this paragraph if it is one which exists by virtue of, or in accordance with, one or more of the following—
(a)regulation 13 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006;
(b)regulation 14 of those Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the person is—
(i)a jobseeker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of those Regulations, or
(ii)a family member (within the meaning of regulation 7 of those Regulations) of such a jobseeker;
[F2(bb)regulation 15A(1) of those Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the claimant satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations;]
(c)Article 6 of Council Directive No.2004/38/EC; F3...
(d)[F4Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union] (in a case where the person is seeking work in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland)[F5; or
(e)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 the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen).]
(4) A person is not to be treated as not in Great Britain if he is—
(a)a worker for the purposes of Council Directive No.2004/38/EC;
(b)a self-employed person for the purposes of that Directive;
(c)a person who retains a status referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) pursuant to Article 7(3) of that Directive;
(d)a person who is a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) within the meaning of Article 2 of that Directive;
(e)a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 17 of that Directive;
(f)[F6a person who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 pursuant to—
(i)regulation 6 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 (right of residence of a Bulgarian or Romanian who is an “accession State national subject to worker authorisation”), or
(ii)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”);]
(g)a refugee within the definition 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;
(h)[F7a person who has been granted leave or who 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)discretionary leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;
(ii)leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession; or
(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005;]
[F8(hh)a person who has humanitarian protection granted under those rules; [F9or]]
(i)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 and 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;] F10...
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F11(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 2 substituted (30.4.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 9(2) (with reg. 11(2))
F2Reg. 2(3)(bb) inserted (8.11.2012) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 4(2)
F3Word in reg. 2(3)(c) omitted (8.11.2012) by virtue of The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 4(3)
F4Words in reg. 2(3)(d) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1809), art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 2(2))
F5Reg. 2(3)(e) and word added (8.11.2012) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 4(4)
F6Reg. 2(4)(f) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Social Security (Croatia) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1474), regs. 1, 4(2)
F7Reg. 2(4)(h) substituted (29.10.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(a)
F8Reg. 2(4)(h)(hh) substituted for reg. 2(4)(h) (9.10.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2528), regs. 1, 4(2)
F9Word in reg. 2(4)(hh) added (29.10.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(b)
F10Word in reg. 2(4)(i) omitted (18.3.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/362), regs. 1(2), 4(2)
F11Reg. 2(4)(j)(k) omitted (29.10.2013) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 2(4)(a)-(e) applied (with modifications) (30.4.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 10(h) (with reg. 11(2))
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