{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-442/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-442/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/442",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 207 of 7 April 2006 concerning the interpretation of Article 76 and Article 79(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 relating to the overlapping of family benefits and allowances (Text of relevance to the EEA and to the EU/Switzerland Agreement) (2006/442/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-442",
  "path": "division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "For the purposes of Article 76 and Article 79(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, family benefits or family allowances shall be regarded as payable ‘by reason of carrying on an occupation’ or ‘by virtue of the pursuit of a professional or trade activity’ in particular:",
  "text": "(a) by the actual carrying on of an occupation or the pursuit of a professional or trade activity whether salaried or not; and also\n(b) in the course of any period of temporary suspension of such occupation or professional or trade activity\n(i) as a result of sickness, maternity, accident at work, occupational disease or unemployment, as long as wages or benefits, excluding pensions, are payable in respect of these contingencies; or\n(ii) during paid leave, strike or lock-out; or\n(iii) during unpaid leave for the purpose of child-raising, as long as this leave is deemed equivalent to such occupation or professional or trade activity in accordance with the relevant legislation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/442/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:33.628132+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}