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).”.