Paragraph 31 Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family membersI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person with protected rights, or a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, who—

(a)

is—

(i)

an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person;

(ii)

a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person;

(iii)

a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii);

(iv)

an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person;

(v)

a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person; or

(vi)

a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) or (v);

(b)

subject to sub-paragraph (2), is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date; and

(c)

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.

(2)

Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person applying for support falls within paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi) of sub-paragraph (1).

(3)

In this paragraph, a description of a person in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) is to be read as if it includes a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would, if that person were an EEA national or solely an EEA national, be an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 31 in operation at 1.9.2023, see reg. 1