Partners of Crown servants posted overseasU.K.
31.—(1) For the purposes of section 146(1) of the Social Security and Contributions and Benefits Act the partner of a Crown servant posted overseas who is accompanying the Crown servant posted overseas shall be treated as being in Great Britain when the partner is either—
(a)in the country where the Crown servant is posted, or
(b)absent from that country in accordance with regulation 24 as modified by paragraphs (3) and (4).
(2) Regulations 22 and 24 apply to the partner of a Crown servant posted overseas with the modifications set out in paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) References to “Great Britain” in the phrase “temporarily absent from Great Britain” in paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 24 shall be construed as references to the country where the Crown servant is posted and regulation 21(2) shall apply, where appropriate, accordingly.
(4) In regulation 24 omit the words “ ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and is ”.