Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006

2.—(1) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 23(6) (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Great Britain), in sub-paragraph (s), for “January 2022.” substitute—

“January 2022;

(t) left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15th April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan, providing that person was residing in Sudan immediately before 15th April 2023.”.

(3) In regulation 27(5) (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Northern Ireland), in sub-paragraph (s), for “January 2022.” substitute—

“January 2022;

(t) left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15th April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan, providing that person was residing in Sudan immediately before 15th April 2023.”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/223, amended by S.I. 2014/1511, 2018/788, 2020/1309, 2021/1039 and 2022/346; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.