Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 3 of the General Regulations

For the definition of “absent parent” in regulation 3(1) of the General Regulations^f1 (interpretation), there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““absent parent” means a parent of a child who has died where—

  1. (a)

     that parent was not living in the same household with the child at the date of that child’s death; and

  2. (b)

     that child had his home, at the date of death, with a person who was responsible for that child for the purposes of Part IX of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;”.