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10.—(1) A person from abroad who is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling shall be treated as if he were not so liable but this paragraph shall not have effect in respect of a person to whom and for a period to which regulation 10A (entitlement of a refugee to housing benefit) and Schedule A1 M1 (treatment of claims for housing benefit by refugees) apply.
[F1(2) In paragraph (1), “person from abroad” means, subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person who is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.
(3) 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 (3A) [F2or (3AA)].
(3A) 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 [F3Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016];
(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; [F4or]
[F5(bb)regulation 16 of those Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the person satisfies the criteria in paragraph (5) of that regulation;]
F6(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F7(3AA) A right to reside falls within this paragraph if it exists by virtue of a person having been granted limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971 by virtue of—
(a)Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act; F8...
(b)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] [F9; or
(c)having arrived in the United Kingdom with an entry clearance that was granted under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act.]
[F10(3AB) Paragraph (3AA)(a) does not apply to a person who—
(a)has a right to reside granted by virtue of being a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland; and
(b)would have a right to reside under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 if the relevant person of Northern Ireland were an EEA national, provided that the right to reside does not fall within paragraph (3A).]
(3B) A person is not a person from abroad if he is—
[F11(zza)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);
(zzb)a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (zza) or (h)(iv) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15th August 2021;]
[F12(za)a qualified person for the purposes of regulation 6 of the [F13Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016] as a worker or a self-employed person;
(zb)a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (za); F14...
(zc)a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 15(1)(c), (d) or (e) of those Regulations;]
[F15(zd)a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland, with a right to reside which falls within paragraph (3AA)(a), provided that the relevant person of Northern Ireland falls within sub-paragraph (za), or would do so but for the fact that they are not an EEA national;]
[F16(ze)a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens' Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;
(zf)a family member, of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (ze), who has been granted limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom by virtue of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;]
(g)a refugee;
[F17(h)a 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; F18...
(ii)leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession;F19...
(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005;] [F20or
(iv)granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme;]
(hh)[F21a person who has humanitarian protection granted under those rules;]
(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 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;
F22(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F23(jj). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(k)in receipt of income supportF24[F25... or on an income-related employment and support allowance].]
[F26(l)in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and has a right to reside other than a right to reside falling within paragraph (3A).]
F27(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F28(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) In this regulation—
F29...
[F30“EEA national” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016;]
[F30“family member” has the meaning given in regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 except that regulation 7(4) of those Regulations does not apply for the purposes of paragraphs (3AB) and (3B)(zd);]
M2“refugee” means a person recorded by the Secretary of State as a refugee within the definition in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;
[F31“relevant person of Northern Ireland” has the meaning given in Annex 1 of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.]
[F32(7) References in this regulation to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 are to be read with Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020(Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2020.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 10(2)-(3B) substituted for reg. 10(2)(3) (30.4.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 4(2)(a) (with reg. 11(2))
F2Words in reg. 10(3) inserted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 5(2)(a)
F3Words in reg. 10(3A)(a) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 5(2)(b)
F4Word in reg. 10(3A)(b)(ii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 64(2)(a)(i)
F5Reg. 10(3A)(bb) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 5(2)(c)
F6Reg. 10(3A)(c)-(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 64(2)(a)(ii)
F7Reg. 10(3AA) inserted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 5(2)(d)
F8Word in reg. 10(3AA)(a) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by virtue of The Immigration (Citizens' Rights etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1372), regs. 1(2)(a)(3)(d), 16(2)(a)
F9Reg. 10(3AA)(c) and word inserted (31.12.2020 immediately after IP completion day) by The Immigration (Citizens' Rights etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1372), regs. 1(2)(a)(3)(d), 16(2)(b)
F10Reg. 10(3AB) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 5(2)(a)
F11Reg. 10(3B)(zza)(zzb) inserted (16.9.2021) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1034), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(4)
F12Reg. 10(3B)(za)-(zc) substituted for (31.5.2014) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/902), regs. 1, 5
F13Words in reg. 10(3B)(za) substituted (7.5.2019) by The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/872), regs. 1, 5(2)(e)
F14Words in reg. 10(3B)(zb) omitted (24.8.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 5(2)(b)
F15Reg. 10(3B)(zd) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 5(2)(c)
F16Reg. 10(3B)(ze)(zf) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 64(2)(b)
F17Reg. 10(3B)(h) substituted (29.10.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(a)
F18Word in reg. 10(3B)(i) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/539), regs. 1, 2(1)(a) (with reg. 3)
F19Word in reg. 10(3B)(h)(ii) omitted (16.9.2021) by virtue of The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1034), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(4)
F20Reg. 10(3B)(h)(iv) and word inserted (16.9.2021) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1034), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)(4)
F21Reg. 10(3B)(h)(hh) substituted for reg. 10(3B)(h) (9.10.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2528), regs. 1, 5(2)
F22Reg. 10(3B)(j) omitted (29.10.2013) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(c)
F23Reg. 10(3B)(jj) omitted (29.10.2013) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(c)
F24Words in reg. 10(3B)(k) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/539), regs. 1, 2(1)(b) (with reg. 3)
F25Words in reg. 10(3B)(k) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1082), regs. 1, 8
F26Reg. 10(3B)(l) and word added (1.4.2014) by The Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/539), regs. 1, 2(1)(c) (with reg. 3)
F27Reg. 10(4) omitted (29.10.2013) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(c)
F28Reg. 10(5) omitted (30.4.2006) by virtue of The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 4(2)(b) (with reg. 11(2))
F29Words in reg. 10(6) omitted (30.4.2006) by virtue of The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 4(2)(c) (with reg. 11(2))
F30Words in reg. 10(6) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 5(2)(d)(i)
F31Words in reg. 10(6) inserted (24.8.2020) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/683), regs. 1, 5(2)(d)(ii)
F32Reg. 10(7) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 64(2)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 10 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Citizens' Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1209), regs. 1(1), 3(3), 4(4), 11(h)
Marginal Citations
M1See the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), regulation 7 and Schedule 4, paragraph 2 for regulation 10A and Schedule A1 (claims by refugees).
M2Cmnd. 9171. See the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), regulation 7 and Schedule 4, paragraph 2 for regulation 10A and Schedule 1A (claims by refugees).
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