Time within which claims to be madeU.K.
6.—[F1(1)] The time within which a claim for child benefit or guardian’s allowance is to be made is 3 months beginning with any day on which, apart from satisfying the conditions for making the claim, the person making the claim is entitled to the benefit or allowance.
[F2(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where—
(a)a person has been awarded child benefit or guardian’s allowance while he was present and residing in Great Britain, or Northern Ireland;
(b)at a time when payment of the award has not been suspended or terminated (under regulations 18 to 20 of the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2003 or otherwise), he takes up residence in Northern Ireland, or Great Britain as the case may be (“the new country of residence”); and
(c)a new claim for that benefit or allowance is made in the new country of residence, for a period commencing on the later of—
(i)the date of the change of residence referred to in sub-paragraph (b), or
(ii)the date on which, apart from satisfying the conditions for making the claim, the person became entitled to the benefit or allowance under the legislation of the new country of residence.]
F3(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F5(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 6 renumbered as reg. 6(1) (3.9.2003) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2107), regs. 1, 3(1)
F2Reg. 6(2) added (3.9.2003) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2107), regs. 1, 3(2)
F3Reg. 6(2)(d) omitted (7.4.2025) by virtue of The Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/207), regs. 1, 2(1) (with reg. 2(2))
F4Reg. 6(2)(e) omitted (7.4.2025) by virtue of The Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/207), regs. 1, 2(1) (with reg. 2(2))
F5Reg. 6(3) omitted (7.4.2025) by virtue of The Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/207), regs. 1, 2(1) (with reg. 2(2))
F6Reg. 6(4) omitted (7.4.2025) by virtue of The Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/207), regs. 1, 2(1) (with reg. 2(2))
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