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;