Regulation 2 Amendments to income-related benefit legislation

(1)

In the provisions specified in paragraph (2)—

(a)

at the end of paragraph (i) omit “or”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (ii) insert “or”;

(c)

after paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iii)

does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act^f1;”.

(2)

Those provisions are—

(a)

regulation 21AA(4)(zzc) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f2;

(b)

regulation 85A(4)(zzc) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f3;

(c)

regulation 2(4)(zzc) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002^f4;

(d)

regulation 10(3B)(zzc) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006^f5;

(e)

regulation 10(4A)(zzc) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006^f6;

(f)

regulation 70(4)(zzc) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008^f7; and

(g)

regulation 9(4)(zc) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013^f8.

Annotations

f1: Section 3ZA is inserted into the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) by section 2(2) of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c. 20).
f2: S.I. 1987/1967. Regulation 21AA is inserted by S.I. 2006/1026. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2006/2528, 2009/362, 2013/2536, 2014/902, 2019/872, 2020/683 and 1309, 2021/1034 and 2022/344.
f3: S.I. 1996/207. Regulation 85A is inserted by S.I. 2006/1026. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2006/2528, 2009/362, 2013/2536, 2014/902, 2019/872, 2020/683 and 1309, 2021/1034 and 2022/344.
f4: S.I. 2002/1792. Regulation 2 is substituted by S.I. 2006/1026. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2006/2528, 2009/362, 2013/2536, 2014/902, 2019/872, 2020/683 and 1309, 2021/1034 and 2022/344.
f5: S.I. 2006/213. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2006/1026 and 2528, 2009/362, 2013/2536, 2014/902, 2019/872, 2020/683 and 1309, 2021/1034 and 2022/344.
f6: S.I. 2006/214. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2006/1026 and 2528, 2009/362, 2013/2536, 2014/902, 2019/872, 2020/683 and 1309, 2021/1034 and 2022/344.
f7: S.I. 2008/794. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2009/362, 2013/2536, 2014/902, 2019/872, 2020/683 and 1309, 2021/1034 and 2022/344.
f8: S.I. 2013/376. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2013/1508, 2020/683 and 1309, 2021/1034 and 2022/344.