The Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st May 2004.

(2) In these Regulations —

(a) “the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971(1);

(b) “the 2000 Regulations” means the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2000(2);

(c) “accession period” means the period beginning on 1st May 2004 and ending on 30th April 2009;

(d) “accession State worker requiring registration” shall be interpreted in accordance with regulation 2;

(e) “authorised employer” shall be interpreted in accordance with regulation 7;

(f) “EEA State” means a Member State, other than the United Kingdom, or Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, and “EEA national” means a national of an EEA State;

(g) “employer” means, in relation to a worker, the person who directly pays the wage or salary of that worker;

(h) “registration certificate” means a certificate issued under regulation 8 authorising an accession State worker requiring registration to work for an employer;

(i) “relevant accession State” means the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic;

(j) “self-sufficient person” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the 2000 Regulations;

(k) “worker” means a worker within the meaning of Article 39 of the Treaty establishing the European Community(3), and “work” and “working” shall be construed accordingly.

(1)

1971 c. 77.

(2)

S.I. 2000/2326.

(3)

OJ No. C325, 24.12.02, p.51.