Regulation 3 Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

(1)

Regulation 9(4) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

Before sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)
a person granted leave in accordance with the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, where such leave is granted by virtue of—

(i)
the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy; or

(ii)
the previous scheme for locally-employed staff in Afghanistan (sometimes referred to as the ex-gratia scheme);

(zb)
a person in Great Britain not coming within sub-paragraph (za) or (e)(iv) who left Afghanistan in connection with the collapse of the Afghan government that took place on 15th August 2021;”.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (e)—

(a)

at the end of (ii), omit “or”;

(b)

after (iii) insert—

“or

(iv)
granted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme;”;

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/376. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2013/1508 and 2020/683 and 1309.