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9.—(1) For the purposes of determining whether a person meets the basic condition to be in Great Britain, except where a person falls within paragraph (4), a person is to be treated as not being in Great Britain if the person is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.
(2) A person must not be treated as habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland unless the person has a right to reside in one of those places.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a right to reside does not include a right which exists by virtue of, or in accordance with—
(a)regulation 13 of the EEA Regulations or Article 6 of Council Directive No.2004/38/EC M1; or
(b)regulation 15A(1) of the EEA Regulations M2, but only in cases where the right exists under that regulation because the claimant satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations or article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union M3 (in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of their rights as a European citizen).
(4) A person falls within this paragraph if the person is—
(a)a qualified person for the purposes of regulation 6 of the EEA Regulations as a worker or a self-employed person;
(b)a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (a) within the meaning of regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the EEA Regulations;
(c)a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 15(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the EEA Regulations;
(d)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;
[F1(e)a person who has been granted, or who is deemed to have been granted, leave outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 M4 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 M5, or
(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005 M6;]
(f)a person who has humanitarian protection granted under those rules; or
(g)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 M7 and who is in the United Kingdom as a result of their deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 9(4)(e) substituted (29.10.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1508), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(5)
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M1OJL 158, 30.4.04, p.77.
M2Regulation 15A was inserted by S.I. 2012/1547 and paragraph (4A) of that regulation was inserted by S.I.2012/2560.
M3OJC 83, 30.03.10 p.47.
M5The Destitution Domestic Violence concession is published by the Home Office at: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/.
M6S.I. 2005/1379 as amended by S.I. 2013/630 and other amending instruments which are not relevant for this amendment.
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