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These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 24th August 2020.
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(1) The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 9 (persons treated as not being in Northern Ireland)—
(a) after paragraph (3) insert—“
(3A) Paragraph (3)(d)(i) does not apply to a person who—
(a) has a right to reside granted by virtue of being a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland; and
(b) would have a right to reside under the EEA Regulations if the relevant person of Northern Ireland were an EEA national, provided that the right to reside does not fall within paragraph (3)(a) or (c)”;
(b) in paragraph (4)(b) omit the words “within the meaning of regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the EEA Regulations”;
(c) after paragraph (4)(c) insert—“
(ca) a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland, with a right to reside which falls within paragraph (3)(d)(i), provided that the relevant person of Northern Ireland falls within paragraph (4)(a), or would do so but for the fact that they are not an EEA national,”;
(d) after paragraph (4) add—“
(5) In this regulation—
 “EEA national” has the same meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the EEA Regulations,
 “family member” has the meaning given in regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the EEA Regulations, except that regulation 7(4) does not apply for the purposes of paragraphs (3A) and (4)(ca),
 “relevant person of Northern Ireland” has the meaning given in Annex 1 of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Justin Tomlinson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
2nd July 2020