PART 6Residence

Crown servants posted overseas30

1

For the purposes of section 146(1) of the Social Security and Contributions and Benefits Act, a Crown servant posted overseas shall be treated as being in Great Britain.

2

A Crown servant posted overseas is a person performing overseas (but not in Northern Ireland) the duties of any office or employment under the Crown in right of the United Kingdom—

a

who is, or was, immediately prior to his posting or his first of consecutive postings, ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom; or

b

who, immediately prior to his posting or his first of consecutive postings, was in the United Kingdom in connection with that posting.