State Pension Credit Regulations 20024

1

The State Pension Credit Regulations 200216 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (persons not in Great Britain)17—

a

at the end of paragraph (2) add “or (3A)”;

b

in paragraph (3)(a) for “Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006” substitute “Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016”;

c

for paragraph (3)(bb) substitute—

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;

d

after paragraph (3) insert—

3A

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; or

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.

e

in paragraph (4)(za) for “Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006” substitute “Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016”.