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


(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/ukdsi/2019/9780111190784/schedule/3/paragraph/84 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/schedule-3/paragraph-84
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