{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1052",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Periods of residence prior to the coming into force of these Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Any period of time during which an EEA national (“P”) resided in the United Kingdom in accordance with the conditions listed in sub-paragraphs (2) or (3) is to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating periods of residence in the United Kingdom in accordance with these Regulations.\n(2) The condition in this paragraph is that P resided in, or was treated as though having resided in, the United Kingdom in accordance with—\n(a) the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2000; or\n(b) the 2006 Regulations.\n(3) The condition in this paragraph is that P resided in the United Kingdom in circumstances where—\n(a) P was a national of a State which at that time was not an EEA State;\n(b) P had leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under the 1971 Act for the duration of P’s residence; and\n(c) P would have been residing in the United Kingdom in accordance with these Regulations, had P’s State of origin been an EEA State at that time, and had these Regulations been in force.\n(4) Any period during which P resided in the United Kingdom in circumstances which met the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) is not to be taken into account for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) where that residence was followed by a period of at least two continuous years during which—\n(a) P was absent from the United Kingdom; or\n(b) P’s residence in the United Kingdom—\n(i) did not meet the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) or (3); or\n(ii) was not otherwise in accordance with these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (31.12.2020) by Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c. 20), s. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(2) (with s. 4(2)); S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c) (with savings and modifications in: S.I. 2020/1209, regs. 3(1)(2), 4(1)-(3), 5-10 in relation to a relevant person for the purposes of final determination of applications during the grace period; S.I. 2020/1210, reg. 2, Sch. for the purpose of removing a person who is protected by the citizens’ rights provisions; S.I. 2020/1309, Sch. 3 paras. 1-6 in relation to deportation and exclusion orders, pending applications for documentation and existing appeal rights and appeals; and S.I. 2020/1309, Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2, 4 in relation to access to benefits and services for persons who are members of the post-transition period group)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 continued (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Citizens' Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1209), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(2), 4(1)-(3), 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2326, amended by S.I. 2001/865, 2003/549, 3188, 2005/47 and 671."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052/schedule/6/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:35.090277+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."
}