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1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Residence and Persons Abroad) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 8th August 1976.
(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means
“the Social Security Act” means
“benefit” means
and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.
(3) For the purposes of section 13(2) and (3) of the Act and of these regulations, if a child or other person is present in or absent from Great Britain at the beginning of any day that state of affairs shall be treated as continuing throughout that day; and except in relation to the birth of a child, references in these regulations to any condition being satisfied or any facts existing in a week shall be construed as references to the condition being satisfied or the facts existing at the beginning of that week.
(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to—
(a)a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number;
(b)any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as including a reference to any provision which may re-enact or replace it with or without modification.
(5) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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