The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations

7.  In regulation 70(4) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(1) (special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad)—

(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (j) omit “or”;

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (k) add “; or” and the following sub-paragraph—

(l)a person who—

(i)arrived in Great Britain on or after 28th February 2009 but before 18th March 2011;

(ii)immediately before arriving there had been resident in Zimbabwe; and

(iii)before leaving Zimbabwe had accepted an offer, made by Her Majesty’s Government, to assist that person to move to and settle in the United Kingdom..