{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-citizens-rights-frontier-workers-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-citizens-rights-frontier-workers-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348212228",
  "legislation_title": "The Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-citizens-rights-frontier-workers-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Retained worker or self-employed person status",
  "text": "(1) A person who is no longer a worker in the United Kingdom is to be treated as such if the person, immediately following ceasing work in the United Kingdom—\n(a) is temporarily unable to work as the result of an illness or accident;\n(b) is in duly recorded involuntary unemployment after having been employed in the United Kingdom for at least one year, provided the person satisfies paragraph (5);\n(c) is in duly recorded involuntary unemployment after having been employed in the United Kingdom for less than one year, provided the person satisfies paragraph (5);\n(d) is in involuntary unemployment and has embarked on vocational training;\n(e) has voluntarily ceased working and has embarked on vocational training that is related to the person’s previous employment; or\n(f) is temporarily unable to work due to pregnancy or childbirth, provided the person satisfies paragraph (5) 12 months after ceasing work and thereafter.\n(2) A person to whom paragraph (1)(c) applies may only retain worker status for a maximum of six months.\n(3) A person who is no longer a self-employed person in the United Kingdom is to be treated as such if the person, immediately following ceasing self-employment in the United Kingdom—\n(a) is temporarily unable to engage in activities as a self-employed person as the result of an illness or accident;\n(b) is in duly recorded involuntary unemployment after having worked as a self-employed person in the United Kingdom for at least one year, provided the person satisfies paragraph (5);\n(c) is in duly recorded involuntary unemployment after having worked as a self-employed person in the United Kingdom for less than one year, provided the person satisfies paragraph (5);\n(d) is involuntarily no longer in self-employment and has embarked on vocational training;\n(e) has voluntarily ceased self-employment and has embarked on vocational training that is related to the person’s previous occupation; or\n(f) is temporarily unable to engage in activities as a self-employed person due to pregnancy or childbirth, provided the person satisfies paragraph (5) 12 months after ceasing self-employment and thereafter.\n(4) A person to whom paragraph (3)(c) applies may only retain self-employed person status for a maximum of six months.\n(5) A person satisfies this paragraph where they have provided evidence that they continue to seek employment or self-employment in the United Kingdom.\n(6) A person may not retain the status of—\n(a) a worker under paragraph (1)(b); or\n(b) a self-employed person under paragraph (3)(b),\nfor longer than six months without providing compelling evidence of continuing to seek employment or self-employment in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348212228/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:49:11.180444+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}