# The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (“the income-related benefit regulations”).
The income-related benefit regulations provide that a person is ineligible for benefit where he or she is a “person from abroad”, or a “person not in Northern Ireland” for the purposes of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, that is to say where he or she is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland. This is subject to a list of exceptions. The amendments made by these Regulations insert a new category into the list of persons who are exempt from having to satisfy the habitual residence test. The amendments exempt persons who arrived in Great Britain on or after 28th February 2009 but before 18th March 2011; and immediately before arriving there had been resident in Zimbabwe; and before leaving Zimbabwe had accepted an offer, made by Her Majesty’s Government, to assist them to move to and settle in the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/68/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-habitual-residence-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/note
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