The Tax Credits, Child Benefit, Guardian’s Allowance and Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Guardian’s Allowance (General) Regulations 2003

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

7.—(1) The Guardian’s Allowance (General) Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 7(1)(a) (circumstances in which a person is treated as being in prison)(2) for “with not less than 2 years remaining from the death of the other parent” substitute “of at least 2 years and the other parent is deceased”.

(3) In regulation 9(1)(a) (residence condition) after “United Kingdom” insert “an EEA state or Switzerland”(3).

(1)

S.I, 2003/495, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Regulation 7 has been amended by paragraph 42 of the Schedule to S.I. 2005/445 and paragraph 24 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2005/2078.

(3)

Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) defines “EEA state”.