PART 3Access to benefits and services

Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006I1I266

1

The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 M1 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 1(citation, commencement and interpretation), after paragraph (3) insert—

3A

In these Regulations references to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 are to be read with Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020(Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2020.

3

In regulation 23 (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Great Britain) in paragraph (6)—

a

in sub-paragraph (e), for “or (i)” substitute “ , (i) or (o) ”;

b

for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

i

is not a national of an EEA State and would be a worker or self-employed person in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 if that person—

i

were a national of an EEA State; and

ii

a “member of the post-transition period group” within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;

c

after sub-paragraph (n), but before the full stop, insert—

o

is a national of an EEA State and would satisfy the criteria in sub-paragraph (b) or (c) if they were a “member of the post-transition period group” within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

4

In regulation 27 (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Northern Ireland) in paragraph (5)—

a

in sub-paragraph (e), for “or (i)” substitute “ , (i) or (o) ”;

b

for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

i

is not a national of an EEA State and would be a worker or self-employed person in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 if that person—

i

were a national of an EEA State; and

ii

a “member of the post-transition period group” within the meaning of fell within paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-Ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;

c

after sub-paragraph (n), but before the full stop, insert—

o

is a national of an EEA State and would satisfy the criteria in sub-paragraphs (b) or (c) if they were a “member of the post-transition period group” within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration and Social Security Co-Ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020