Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;

• “the 2016 Regulations” means the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016^f1;

• “common travel area” has the same meaning as in section 1(3) of the 1971 Act (general principles);

• “decision maker” means the Secretary of State or an immigration officer (as the case may be);

• “EEA national” means a national of an EEA state who is not also a British citizen;

• “EEA state” means—

  1. (a)

     a member State; or

  2. (b)

     Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland;

• “exclusion direction” means a direction issued by the Secretary of State for a person not to be given entry to the United Kingdom on the grounds that the person’s exclusion is conducive to the public good;

• “frontier worker” has the meaning given in regulation 3;

• “frontier worker permit” means a document which certifies a person’s frontier workers’ rights;

• “frontier workers’ rights” means the rights a person has as a frontier worker under Part 2 of the withdrawal agreement, Part 2 of the EEA EFTA separation agreement or Part 2 of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement^f2;

• “immigration officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971;

• “relevant restriction decision” means—

  1. (a)

     an exclusion direction;

  2. (b)

     a deportation order made by virtue of regulation 15(1)(b);

  3. (c)

     an exclusion or deportation order made or treated as having been made by virtue of the 2016 Regulations, including those continued in effect by regulations made under section 7 or 9 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020; or

  4. (d)

     a deportation order made by virtue of section 3 of the 1971 Act;

• “required biometrics” means the biometric information required to be provided by the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006^f3;

• “self-employed person” means a person who is established in the United Kingdom in order to pursue activity as a self-employed person within the meaning of Article 49 on the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union^f4;

• “valid identity document” means—

  1. (a)

     a valid national identity card issued by an EEA state; or

  2. (b)

     a valid passport issued by an EEA state;

• “worker” means a worker within the meaning of Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.