European Economic Area Statemeans a Member State, or Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Austria or Finland.”
person from abroadmeans a person, other than a person to whom paragraph (3) or (5) applies, who has limited leave (as defined in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act) to enter or remain in the United Kingdom which was given in accordance with any provision in the immigration rules (as defined in that section) relating to— a there being, or to there needing to be, no recourse to public funds, or b there being no charge on public funds, during that limited leave. 3 Subject to paragraph (6) this paragraph applies to a person who— a is a national of a European Economic Area State, a state which is a signatory to the European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance (done in Paris on 11th December 1953), a state which is a signatory to the Council of Europe Social Charter (signed in Turin on 18th October 1961), the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;
the 1971 Actmeans the Immigration Act 1971;