# The Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Regulation 3: Meaning of “frontier worker”


(1) A person is a frontier worker for the purposes of these Regulations if they were, immediately before IP completion day, and have been continuously since IP completion day—
(a) an EEA national;
(b) not primarily resident in the United Kingdom; and
(c) either—
(i) a worker in the United Kingdom;
(ii) a self-employed person in the United Kingdom; or
(iii) a person treated as a worker or self-employed person in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 4.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), it does not matter if a person changes from one of the statuses in paragraph (1)(c) to another.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person is to be treated as not being primarily resident in the United Kingdom at a particular point in time (“the relevant date”) if—
(a) they have been present in the United Kingdom for less than 180 days in the twelve-month period immediately before the day on which the relevant date falls; or
(b) they have returned to their country of residence at least—
(i) once in the six-month period immediately before the day on which the relevant date falls; or
(ii) twice in the twelve-month period immediately before the day on which the relevant date falls,
unless there are exceptional reasons for not having done so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348212228/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-citizens-rights-frontier-workers-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-3
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