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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 F1 (treatment of claims for housing benefit by refugees) apply.
(2) [F2 In paragraph (1) “ person from abroad ” also means any person other than a person to whom paragraph (3) applies who is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland, but for this purpose no person shall be treated as not habitually resident in the United Kingdom who is—
(a) a worker for the purposes of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1612/68 or ( EEC ) No 1251/70 or a person with a right to reside in the United Kingdom pursuant to Council Directive No 68/360/ EEC or No 73/148/ EEC or a person who is an accession State worker requiring registration who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 5(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2000 F3 pursuant to regulation 5 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004 F4 ; or
(b)a refugee; or
(c) a person who has been granted exceptional leave to enter the United Kingdom by an immigration officer within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 F5 , or to remain in the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State; or
(d) 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 F6 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.]
(2) [F2In 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) [F2This paragraph applies to a person who—
(a)is on state pension credit; or
(b)is in Great Britain and who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption.]
(3) [F2No 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 (4).]
(4) [F2In this regulation, for the purposes of the definition of a person from abroad no person shall be treated as habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland if he does not have a right to reside in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.]
(4) [F2A 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;
[F7(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; F8...
(d)[F9Article 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)][F10; 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).]
[F2(4A) A person is not a person from abroad 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)[F11a 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—
F12(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii)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”);]
(g)a refugee;
(h)[F13a person who has exceptional leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;
(hh)a 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 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;
(j) a person in Great Britain who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption; F14...
[F15(jj)a person who—
(i)arrived in Great Britain on or after 28th February 2009 but before 18th March 2011;
(ii)immediately before arriving there had been resident in Zimbabwe; and
(iii)before leaving Zimbabwe, had accepted an offer, made by Her Majesty’s Government, to assist that person to move to and settle in the United Kingdom; or]
(k)on state pension credit.]
(5) Paragraph (1) of Part 1 of the Schedule to, and regulation 2 as it applies to that paragraph of, the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 F16 shall not apply to a person who has been temporarily without funds for any period, or the aggregate of any periods, exceeding 42 days during any one period of limited leave (including any such period as extended).
(6) In this regulation—
[F17 “ a European Economic Area State ” means a Member State or Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Austria or Finland; ]
“refugee” in this regulation 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 F18.
Textual Amendments
F1 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 A1 (claims by refugees).
F2Reg. 10(2)-(4A) substituted for reg. 10(2)-(4) (30.4.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1026), regs. 1, 5(2)(a) (with reg. 11(2))
F3S.I. 2000/2326, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
F7Reg. 10(4)(bb) inserted (8.11.2012) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 6(2)
F8Word in reg. 10(4)(c) omitted (8.11.2012) by virtue of The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 6(3)
F9Words in reg. 10(4)(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))
F10Reg. 10(4)(e) and word added (8.11.2012) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2587), regs. 1, 6(4)
F11Reg. 10(4A)(f) substituted (1.1.2007) by Social Security (Bulgaria and Romania) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3341), regs. 1, 6(2)
F12Reg. 10(4A)(f)(i) omitted (31.10.2011) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 20(3)
F13Reg. 10(4A)(h)(hh) substituted for reg. 10(4A)(h) (9.10.2006) by The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2528), regs. 1, 6(2)
F14Word in reg. 10(4A)(j) omitted (18.3.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/362), regs. 1(2), 6(2)
F15Reg. 10(4A)(jj) inserted (18.3.2009) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/362), regs. 1(2), 6(3)
F17Words 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, 5(2)(b) (with reg. 11(2))
F18Cmd. 9171.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 10(4A)(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(d) (with reg. 11(2))
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