Amendment of regulation 12
4.—(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 1971(1), 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 Scheme(2);”.
1971 c. 77. See Part 7 of the Immigration Rules. The scheme is contained in Rules 276BA1-276BS2.