{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-disability-living-allowance-regulations-1991/regulation-2B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-disability-living-allowance-regulations-1991/regulation-2B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2890",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-disability-living-allowance-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/2B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2B",
  "heading": "Persons residing in an EEA state ... or in Switzerland to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies",
  "text": "Regulation 2(1)(a)(i) to (iii) shall not apply in relation to the care component where on any day—\n(a) the person is habitually resident in—\n(i) an EEA state ...; or\n(ii) Switzerland;\n(b) a relevant EU Regulation—\n(i) applies to the person; or\n(ii) except where the person has been habitually resident in the United Kingdom after 31st December 2020, applied to the person on 31st December 2020 and they have been continuously in receipt of the care component of disability living allowance on and from that date; and\n(c) the person can demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom ....",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2A - Reg. 2B inserted (8.4.2013) by The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carers Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/389), regs. 1(2), 4(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2B(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 2B(b) substituted (E.W.) (10.12.2025) by The Social Security (Residence in an EEA State or Switzerland) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1198), regs. 1(1), 3; and substituted (S.) (1.4.2026) by The Social Security (Residence in an EEA State or Switzerland) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/415), regs. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2B(c) omitted (E.W.) (7.11.2024) by virtue of The Social Security (Genuine and Sufficient Link to the United Kingdom) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/936), regs. 1(1), 4(3); (S.) (7.11.2024) by virtue of The Social Security (Genuine and Sufficient Link to the United Kingdom) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/241), regs. 1(1), 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2B title omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2890/regulation/2B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:32:03.649654+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."
}