Regulation 7
In the Schedule, in paragraph 1, in the definition of “person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner”—
in the words before sub-paragraph (1), for “under any of the following provisions of the immigration rules” substitute “granted in any of the following cases”;
in sub-paragraph (1), in the opening words, after “31 January 2024,” insert “under”;
in sub-paragraph (2), in the opening words, after “31 January 2024,” insert “under”;
after sub-paragraph (2) insert—
“(3)in the case of a person granted leave to enter or remain on or after 5 October 2023 as a bereaved partner, under paragraph AF (GHK) 14.1 of Appendix Gurkha and Hong Kong military unit veteran discharged before 1 July 1997f1 of the immigration rules;
(4)in the case of a person granted leave to enter or remain before 5 October 2023, outside the immigration rules, on the basis that the person was a bereaved partner of a Gurkha discharged before 1 July 1997;”.
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Appendix Gurkha and Hong Kong military unit veteran discharged before 1 July 1997 was added to the immigration rules by the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 7 September 2023 (HC 1780). An electronic copy of HC 1780 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1780-7-september-2023.