Regulation 5 General amendments

In regulation 16(6) (persons not entitled to council tax reduction: persons treated as not being in Great Britain)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (f)—

(i)

at the end of head (ii) omit “or”,

(ii)

after head (iii) insert—

“or

(iv)
granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme^f1,”,

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”,

(c)

after sub-paragraph (j) insert—

“(k)
a person granted leave in accordance with the rules referred to in sub-paragraph (f), where such leave is granted by virtue of—

(i)
the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy^f2, or

(ii)
the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme)^f3, or

(l)
a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (f)(iv) or (k) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15 August 2021.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme was announced by the United Kingdom Government on 18 August 2021 and formally opened on 6 January 2022: Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
f2: Information on the UK Government’s Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy is published on the UK Government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance.
f3: See Part 7 of the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77); the relevant rules are rules 276BA1-276BS2.