The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 U.K.

65.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 10 (persons from abroad)—

(a) in paragraph (4)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b)(ii) insert “ or ”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraphs (c) to (e);

(b) after paragraph (4A) (zd) insert—

“(ze) a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens' Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;

(zf) a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (ze), who has been granted limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom by virtue of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;”;

(c) after paragraph (6) insert—

“(7) References in this regulation to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 are to be read with Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020(Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2020.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 65 not in force at made date, see reg. 1

I2 Reg. 65 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1(2) and S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2006/214, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/1026, 2012/1809, 2012/2587, 2014/902, 2019/872 and 2020/683.