Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020
2020 c. 20An Act to make provision to end rights to free movement of persons under retained EU law and to repeal other retained EU law relating to immigration; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to social security co-ordination; and for connected purposes.
Enacted[11th November 2020]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
C14C6C18C20PART 1 Measures relating to ending free movement¶
C14C1C8C6I181 C14C6Repeal of the main retained EU law relating to free movement etc.¶
Schedule 1 makes provision to—C9C2C14C6I162 C14C6Irish citizens: entitlement to enter or remain without leave¶
3 C14C6Protection claimants: legal routes from the EU and family reunion¶
- “application for international protection” has the meaning given by Article 2(h) of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted;
- “protection claim” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (see section 82(2) of that Act);
- “relative”, in relation to an unaccompanied child, means a parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, brother or sister of the child;
- “unaccompanied child” means a person under the age of 18 (“the child”) who is not in the care of a person who—
- is aged 18 or over, and
- by law or custom of the country or territory in which the child is present, has responsibility for caring for the child.
C14C3C10C6I174 C14C6Meaning of “the Immigration Acts” etc.¶
I1C11C14C4C65 C14C6Consequential etc. provision¶
PART 2 Social security co-ordination¶
I26 Power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to social security co-ordination¶
C7C19PART 3 General¶
C7C15C127 C7C19Interpretation¶
In this Act—- “domestic law” means the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;
- “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 and also includes the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;
- “modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related expressions are to be read accordingly);
- “primary legislation” means—
- an Act of Parliament;
- an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
- an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru;
- Northern Ireland legislation.
8 C7C19Extent¶
9 C7C19Commencement¶
C7C13C16C510 C7C19Short title¶
This Act may be cited as the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020.SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 ¶
Repeal of the main retained EU law relating to free movement etc.
Section 1
PART 1 EU-derived domestic legislation¶
PART 2 Retained direct EU legislation¶
F1PART 3 EU-derived rights etc.¶
SCHEDULE 2 ¶
Further provision about the scope of the power under section 6
Section 6(8)
PART 1 Scope of the power of a Minister of the Crown acting alone or jointly¶
PART 2 Scope of the power of a Northern Ireland department acting alone¶
No power to make provision outside devolved competence¶
Requirement for consent where it would otherwise be required¶
Requirement for joint exercise where it would otherwise be required¶
Requirement for consultation where it would otherwise be required¶
Interpretation¶
- “Northern Ireland devolved authority” means—
- the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland acting jointly,
- a Northern Ireland Minister, or
- a Northern Ireland department;
- “subordinate legislation” means any instrument made under primary legislation.
PART 3 Transitional provision¶
Transitional exception¶
SCHEDULE 3 ¶
Regulations under section 6
Section 6(9)
PART 1 Statutory instruments¶
PART 2 Scrutiny of regulations under section 6¶
Scrutiny where sole exercise¶
Scrutiny where joint exercise¶
Combination of instruments¶
Footnotes
- I1S. 5 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(a)
- I2S. 6 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(b)
- I3Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I4Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I5Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I6Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I7Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I8Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I9Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I10Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I11Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(c)
- I12Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(d)
- I13Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(d)
- I14Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(d)
- I15Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 14.11.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 2(d)
- C1S. 1 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/680, art. 23(1)(2)(a), Sch. 10 (as inserted by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1576), art. 7, Sch.)
- C2S. 2 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/680, art. 23(1)(2)(b), Sch. 10 (as inserted by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1576), art. 7, Sch.)
- C3S. 4 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/680, art. 23(1)(2)(c), Sch. 10 (as inserted by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1576), art. 7, Sch.)
- C4S. 5 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/680, art. 23(1)(2)(d), Sch. 10 (as inserted by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1576), art. 7, Sch.)
- C5S. 10 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/680, art. 23(1)(2)(e), Sch. 10 (as inserted by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1576), art. 7, Sch.)
- C6Pt. 1 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C7Pt. 3 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C8S. 1 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C9S. 2 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C10S. 4 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C11S. 5 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C12S. 7 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C13S. 10 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 5, Sch. 5A
- C14Pt. 1 extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (EU Withdrawal) (Jersey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1566), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.
- C15S. 7 extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (EU Withdrawal) (Jersey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1566), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.
- C16S. 10 extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (EU Withdrawal) (Jersey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1566), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.
- I16S. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 3 (with saving in S.I. 2020/1309, regs. 1(2), 84, Sch. 5 para. 10)
- I17S. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(b)
- I18S. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(a)
- I19Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c) (with saving in S.I. 2020/1309, regs. 1(2), 83, Sch. 4 paras. 5-7)
- I20Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c) (with savings in S.I. 2020/1309, regs. 1(2), 82, 83, Sch. 3 para. 7, Sch. 4 paras. 1-4)
- I21Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)
- I22Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)
- I23S. 3(4) in force at 11.1.2021, see s. 9(2)(a)
- I24S. 3(2)(6) in force at 11.1.2021 for specified purposes, see s. 9(2)(b)
- I25S. 3(1)-(3)(5) in force at 12.1.2021 by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 5
- I26S. 3(2)(6) in force at 12.1.2021 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 5
- C17S. 8(2) power extended (28.4.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 86(5)(6)(o), 87(3)(c)
- C18Pt. 1: power to amend conferred (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 28.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 82, 87(1)(4)(i); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 29
- C19Pt. 3: power to amend conferred (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 28.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 82, 87(1)(4)(i); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 29
- F1Sch. 1 Pt. 3 omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 92(5)
- F2Word in s. 4(2) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 92(2)
- F3Words in s. 5(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 92(3)
- F4S. 6(5) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 92(4)
- F5S. 6(6) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 92(4)
- C20Pt. 1 excluded (25.4.2024) by Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (c. 8), ss. 2(5)(a), 5, 10(1) (with ss. 4, 10(2))