The Citizens' Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Interpretation U.K.

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;

“the 2016 Regulations” means the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 M1 ;

“common travel area” has the same meaning as in section 1(3) of the 1971 Act (general principles);

“decision maker” means the Secretary of State or an immigration officer (as the case may be);

“EEA national” means a national of an EEA state who is not also a British citizen;

“EEA state” means—

(a)

a member State; or

(b)

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland;

“exclusion direction” means a direction issued by the Secretary of State for a person not to be given entry to the United Kingdom on the grounds that the person's exclusion is conducive to the public good;

“frontier worker” has the meaning given in regulation 3;

“frontier worker permit” means a document which certifies a person's frontier workers' rights;

“frontier workers' rights” means the rights a person has as a frontier worker under Part 2 of the withdrawal agreement, Part 2 of the EEA EFTA separation agreement or Part 2 of the Swiss citizens' rights agreement M2 ;

“immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971;

“relevant restriction decision” means—

(c)

an exclusion direction;

(d)

a deportation order made by virtue of regulation 15(1)(b);

(e)

an exclusion or deportation order made or treated as having been made by virtue of the 2016 Regulations, including those continued in effect by regulations made under section 7 or 9 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020; or

(f)

a deportation order made by virtue of section 3 of the 1971 Act;

“required biometrics” means the biometric information required to be provided by the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006 M3 ;

“self-employed person” means a person who is established in the United Kingdom in order to pursue activity as a self-employed person within the meaning of Article 49 on the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union M4 ;

“valid identity document” means—

(g)

a valid national identity card issued by an EEA state; or

(h)

a valid passport issued by an EEA state;

“worker” means a worker within the meaning of Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 4.11.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2016/1052. Amended by S.I. 2017/1, S.I. 2017/1242, S.I. 2018/801, S.I. 2019/468, S.I. 2019/745 (amendments not in force) and S.I. 2019/1155.

M2 These agreements are defined in section 39 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

M3 S.I. 2006/1743. Amended by S.I. 2015/737, S.I. 2018/928 and S.I. 2019/745.

M4 OJ No C326, 26.10.12, p65.