{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/217",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Persons residing in an EEA state ... or in Switzerland to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies",
  "text": "Regulation 16(a) to (c) does not apply in relation to entitlement to the daily living component of personal independence payment where on any day—\n(a) C is habitually resident in—\n(i) an EEA state ..., or\n(ii) Switzerland;\n(b) a relevant EU Regulation—\n(i) applies to C; or\n(ii) applied to C on 31st December 2020 and C has been continuously in receipt of the daily living component of personal independence payment on and from that date, except where C has been habitually resident in the United Kingdom after 31st December 2020; and\n(c) C can demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom....",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/129), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 11(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 23(b) substituted (10.12.2025) by The Social Security (Residence in an EEA State or Switzerland) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/183), regs. 1(1), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(c) omitted (7.11.2024) by virtue of The Social Security (Genuine and Sufficient Link to the United Kingdom) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/163), regs. 1, 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/129), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 11(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/217/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:25.610413+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."
}