1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Swiss Free Movement of Persons) (No. 3) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st June 2002.
(2) The “2000 Regulations” means the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2000(1).
2.—(1) The 2000 Regulations shall apply in relation to a Swiss national, and to any person related to that national, as if the Swiss national were an EEA national and Switzerland an EEA state.
(2) The 2000 Regulations shall also apply to a posted worker.
(3) In the application of the 2000 Regulations to a Swiss national or to any person related to a Swiss national or to a posted worker those Regulations shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
(4) In this regulation—
(a)“EEA national” and “EEA state” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 2000 Regulations;
(b)“posted worker” has the same meaning as in regulation 3(1) of the 2000 Regulations, as modified by the Schedule to these Regulations;
(c)a person is related to a Swiss national if that person—
(i)is a family member of that Swiss national (as determined in accordance with regulation 6 of the 2000 Regulations); or
(ii)would satisfy any of the conditions in regulation 10(4) of the 2000 Regulations in relation to the Swiss national if the Swiss national were an EEA national.
Bob Ainsworth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
1st May 2002