Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 20063

In regulation 23(4) (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Great Britain), for “and does not have a right to reside in the United Kingdom” substitute—

and

a

does not have a right to reside in the United Kingdom; or

b

has a right to reside in the United Kingdom by virtue of—

i

regulation 15A(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 20066, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the person satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations; or

ii

Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen).