16. Subject to the following provisions of this Part, the prescribed conditions for the purposes of Article 82(3) as to residence and presence in Northern Ireland are that on any day for which C claims personal independence payment C—
(a)is present in Northern Ireland;
(b)has been present in Northern Ireland for a period of, or periods amounting in aggregate to, not less than 104 weeks out of the 156 weeks immediately preceding that day;
(c)is habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands; and
(d)is a person—
(i)who is not subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1), or
(ii)to whom, by virtue of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(2), section 115 of that Act does not apply for the purpose of personal independence payment.
17.—(1) Where C is temporarily absent from Northern Ireland, C is treated as present in Northern Ireland for the purposes of regulation 16(a) and (b) for the first 13 weeks of absence.
(2) C is temporarily absent if, at the beginning of the period of absence, C’s absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks.
18.—(1) Where C is temporarily absent from Northern Ireland, C is treated as present in Northern Ireland for the purposes of regulation 16(a) and (b) for the first 26 weeks of that absence, where—
(a)C’s absence is solely in connection with arrangements made for the medical treatment of C for a disease or bodily or mental disablement which commenced before C left Northern Ireland; and
(b)the arrangements referred to in sub-paragraph (a) relate to medical treatment—
(i)outside Northern Ireland,
(ii)during the period whilst C is temporarily absent from Northern Ireland, and
(iii)by, or under the supervision of, a person appropriately qualified to carry out that treatment.
(2) In this regulation, “temporarily absent” has the same meaning as in regulation 17(2).
19.—(1) Where C is absent from Northern Ireland, C is treated as present in Northern Ireland for the purposes of regulation 16(a) and (b), where—
(a)C is abroad in the capacity of—
(i)a member of Her Majesty’s forces,
(ii)an aircraft worker, or
(iii)a mariner;
(b)C is in employment prescribed for the purposes of section 120 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(3) (employment at sea (continental shelf operations)) in connection with continental shelf operations; or
(c)C is living with a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and is the spouse, civil partner, son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, father, father-in-law, step-father, mother, mother-in-law or step-mother of that person.
(2) In this regulation and regulation 20 “a member of Her Majesty’s forces” means a member of “the regular forces” or “the reserve forces” as defined in section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006(4), other than a person who is specified in Schedule 2, who is—
(a)over the age of 16; and
(b)not absent on desertion.
(3) In this regulation—
“aircraft worker” means a person who is employed under a contract of service either as a pilot, commander, navigator or other member of the crew of any aircraft, or in any other capacity on board any aircraft where—
the employment in that other capacity is for the purposes of the aircraft or its crew or of any passengers or cargo or mail carried on that aircraft; and
the contract is entered into in the United Kingdom with a view to its performance (in whole or in part) while the aircraft is in flight,
but does not include a person who is in employment as a member of Her Majesty’s forces;
“mariner” means a person who is in employment under a contract of service either as a master or member of the crew of any ship or vessel, or in any other capacity on board any ship or vessel where—
the employment in that other capacity is for the purposes of that ship or vessel or the crew or any passengers or cargo or mail carried by the ship or vessel; and
the contract is entered into in the United Kingdom with a view to its performance (in whole or in part) while the ship or vessel is on voyage,
but does not include a person who is in employment as a member of Her Majesty’s forces.
20. C is treated as habitually resident in Northern Ireland for the purposes of regulation 16(c) where—
(a)C is resident outside Northern Ireland in the capacity as a member of Her Majesty’s forces; or
(b)C is living with a person mentioned in paragraph (a) and is the spouse, civil partner, son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, father, father-in-law, step-father, mother, mother-in-law or step-mother of that person.
21. Where C is terminally ill and makes a claim for personal independence payment expressly on that ground, regulation 16 applies as if paragraph (b) were omitted.
22. Regulation 16(b) does not apply in relation to a claim for personal independence payment where on any day—
(a)C is habitually resident in Northern Ireland;
(b)a relevant EU Regulation(5) applies; and
(c)C can demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom social security system.
23. Regulation 16(a) to (c) does not apply in relation to entitlement to the daily living component of personal independence payment where on any day—
(a)C is habitually resident in—
(i)an EEA state other than the United Kingdom, or
(ii)Switzerland;
(b)a relevant EU Regulation applies; and
(c)C can demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom social security system.
1999 c. 33; section 115 was amended by paragraph 42 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations
S.R. 2000 No. 71; regulation 2 was amended by paragraph 1(s) of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 323, regulation 6 of S.R. 2003 No. 421, regulation 23(3) of S.R. 2008 No. 286, regulation 9(2) of S.I. 2008/3108 and regulation 3(5) of S.R. 2010 No. 6 and is amended by regulation 22(3) of S.R. 2016 No. 228
1992 c.4; section 120 was amended by paragraph 70 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), paragraph 26 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) and section 12 of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c. 7)
See Article 89(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 for the meaning of “relevant EU Regulation”