Paragraph 28 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhereI1
Northern Ireland
A person who—
is settled in the United Kingdom;
left the United Kingdom and exercised a right of residence elsewhere before IP completion day after having been settled in the United Kingdom;
is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date;
has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the course start date; and
in a case where their ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (d) was—
wholly or mainly for the purposes of receiving full-time education; and
ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland,
immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (d).
For the purposes of this paragraph, a person has exercised a right of residence if—
they are a United Kingdom national;
they are a family of a United Kingdom national for the purposes of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 (or corresponding purposes under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement);
they are a person who had a right of permanent residence who in each case has exercised a right under Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or any equivalent right under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement in a state other than the United Kingdom; or
in the case of a person who is settled in the United Kingdom and had a right of permanent residence, if they have gone to the state within the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland of which they are a national or of which the person in relation to whom they are a family member is a national.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), a person had a right of permanent residence if they had a right which arose under Directive 2004/38 to reside permanently in the United Kingdom without restriction.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 28 in operation at 1.9.2023, see reg. 1