Saving of EU Public Policy Deportation Grounds for Pre-Transition Conduct

Policy effect

Saved and modified key deportation and exclusion provisions of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 for EEA nationals and family members protected by the Withdrawal Agreements. Established a bifurcated enforcement regime: conduct committed prior to 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020 must be assessed against EU public policy, public security, and public health thresholds (proportionality/personal conduct tests), whereas conduct committed after the transition period is assessed under the UK's general UK domestic "conducive to the public good" deportation framework. Phase scope: Operative nationwide at the end of the transition period.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Established a bifurcated enforcement regime: conduct committed prior to 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020 must be assessed against EU public policy, public security, and public health thresholds (proportionality/personal conduct tests), whereas conduct committed after the transition period is assessed under the UK's general UK domestic "conducive to the public good" deportation framework.; Phase scope: Operative nationwide at the end of the transition period.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Notwithstanding the revocation of the EEA Regulations 2016, the provisions of the EEA Regulations 2016 specified in the Schedule continue to have effect, but with the modifications set out in the Schedule, for the purpose of removing a person who is protected by the citizens’ rights provisions.

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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• 2020-01-31EU Settlement Scheme Appeals System Establishment
• 2020-02-20Global Talent Visa Application Fees & Fast-Track Endorsement Fees
• 2020-02-20Launch of the Global Talent Visa Route (Statement of Changes HC 56)
• 2020-04-05Transition of Priority Change of Circumstances Service to Email-Only
• 2020-04-29Automatic Visa Extensions for Frontline Healthcare Workers
• 2020-06-04Stricter Rules for Representative of an Overseas Business Route (Statement of Changes CP 232)
• 2020-06-22Youth Mobility Scheme 2020 Deadline Extension for Taiwan
• 2020-08-01Implementation of Coronavirus Grace Period
• 2020-09-01Implementation of Exceptional Assurance Concession for Overstaying
• 2020-10-05Introduction of New Points-Based Student and Child Student Routes
• 2020-11-12COVID-19 Financial Requirement Concessions for Family Visas
• 2020-12-01Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 813 (Introduction of the Skilled Worker Route and Global Points-Based Framework)
• 2020-12-31End of EU Free Movement and Repeal of Free Movement Law
• 2020-12-31Introduction of Post-Brexit Third-Country Asylum Inadmissibility Rules (HC 1043)
• 2020-12-31Post-Transition Visitor and Trade-Related Service Provider Rules