Right to reside - EEA jobseekers2

Regulation 9 (persons treated as not being in Great Britain) of the Universal Credit Regulations 20132 is amended as follows—

a

after paragraph (3)(a) omit the word “or”; and

b

after paragraph (3)(a) insert–

aa

regulation 14 of the EEA Regulations3, but only in cases where the right exists under that regulation because the person is–

i

a qualified person for the purposes of regulation 6(1) of those Regulations as a jobseeker; or

ii

a family member (within the meaning of regulation 7 of those Regulations) of such a jobseeker; or