Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 533
Social Security
The Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
11th May 2023
Laid before Parliament
12th May 2023
Coming into force
15th May 2023
The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 146(3) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ) and sections 142(3) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 2 ), now exercisable by them( 3 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 15th May 2023.
Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006
2. —(1) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006( 4 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 23(6) (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Great Britain), in sub-paragraph (s), for “January 2022.” substitute—
“ January 2022;
(t) left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15th April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan, providing that person was residing in Sudan immediately before 15th April 2023. ” .
(3) In regulation 27(5) (circumstances in which person treated as not being in Northern Ireland), in sub-paragraph (s), for “January 2022.” substitute—
“ January 2022;
(t) left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15th April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan, providing that person was residing in Sudan immediately before 15th April 2023. ” .
Stuart Anderson
Andrew Stephenson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
11th May 2023
1992 c. 4 . Section 146(3) was substituted by section 56(1) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) (“ the 2002 Act ”) and subsequently amended by paragraph 13(3)(a) and (b) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6) . Section 175(1) was amended by paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) . Section 147(1) defines “prescribed” as meaning “prescribed by regulations”.
1992 c. 7 . Section 142(3) was substituted by section 56(2) of the 2002 Act and subsequently amended by paragraph 39(3)(a) and (b) of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005. Section 143(1) defines “prescribed” as meaning “prescribed by regulations”. Section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the 2002 Act.
The functions of the Secretary of State under section 146(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(1)(b) of the 2002 Act. The functions of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland (which was renamed as the Department for Communities by section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5) ) under section 142(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(2)(b) of the 2002 Act.
S.I. 2006/223 , amended by S.I. 2014/1511 , 2018/788 , 2020/1309 , 2021/1039 and 2022/346 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.