Amendment of regulation 124
1
Paragraph (5) of regulation 12 (persons treated as not being in Great Britain) is amended as follows.
2
Before sub-paragraph (a) insert—
za
a person granted leave in accordance with the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 19718, where such leave is granted by virtue of—
i
the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy; or
ii
the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme);
zb
a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (za) or (e)(iv) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15th August 2021;
3
In sub-paragraph (e)—
a
at the end of paragraph (ii) omit “or”;
b
after paragraph (iii) insert—
or
iv
granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme9;