# The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 84: Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 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,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1458/schedule/3/paragraph/84 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/schedule-3/paragraph-84
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