Paragraph 84 Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006

(1)

The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006^f1 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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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2006/223. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2014/1231 and 2018/788.