Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006
6.—(1) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 23 (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Great Britain)(2), for paragraph (4A) substitute—
“(4A) Paragraph (4)(b) does not apply to a person who is lawfully working in Great Britain and is a national of a State with which—
(a)the European Union has concluded an agreement under Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (an “EU Agreement”) providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families; or
(b)the United Kingdom has concluded an agreement which replaces in whole or in part an EU Agreement in sub-paragraph (a) which has ceased to apply to, and in, the United Kingdom, providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families.”.
(3) In regulation 27 (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Northern Ireland)(3), for paragraph (3A) substitute—
“(3A) Paragraph (3)(b) does not apply to a person who is lawfully working in Northern Ireland and is a national of a State with which:
(a)the European Union has concluded an agreement under Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (an “EU Agreement”) providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families; or
(b)the United Kingdom has concluded an agreement which replaces in whole or in part an EU Agreement in sub-paragraph (a) which has ceased to apply to, and in, the United Kingdom, providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families.”.
S.I. 2006/223; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2150, S.I. 2012/2612 and S.I. 2019/364.
Paragraph (4) was relevantly amended by regulation 8 of S.I. 2007/2150 and regulation 3 of S.I. 2012/2612. Paragraph (4A) of regulation 23 was inserted by regulation 11 of S.I. 2019/364.
Paragraph (3) was relevantly amended by regulation 10 of S.I. 2007/2150 and regulation 4 of S.I. 2012/2612. Paragraph (3A) of regulation 27 was inserted by regulation 11 of S.I. 2019/364.