SCHEDULE 3Consequential and related amendments
PART 2Secondary legislation
Child Benefit (General) Regulations 200684
1
The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006195 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 1—
a
in paragraph (3)—
i
in the definition of “civil partnership”, omit “of the same sex”;
ii
omit the definition of “cohabiting same-sex couple”;
iii
in the definition of “couple”, for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
a
who are spouses residing together, or civil partners in a civil partnership; or
b
who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if they were a married couple or civil partners;
b
omit paragraph (4).
3
In regulation 12(1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “as if they were a married couple or civil partners,”.