# The Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, 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;
“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—
(a) a member State; or
(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;
“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—
(a) an exclusion direction;
(b) a deportation order made by virtue of regulation 15(1)(b);
(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
(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;
“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;
“valid identity document” means—
(a) a valid national identity card issued by an EEA state; or
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348212228/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-citizens-rights-frontier-workers-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-2
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