The Tax Credits Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/392
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Tax Credits Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003.

(2) In this Order “ the Act ” means the Tax Credits Act 2002.

Section 2 Commencement of certain provisions of the Act

Subject to article 3 (savings), the following provisions of the Act come into force on the dates and for the purposes mentioned in relation to each provision:

Section 3 Savings

(1) Notwithstanding the commencement of section 56 of the Act (presence in the United Kingdom) by virtue of article 2 on 26th February 2003 for the purposes of making subordinate legislation relating to child benefit, the Child Benefit (Residence and Persons Abroad) Regulations 1976 and the Child Benefit (Residence and Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976 shall continue to have effect as follows.

(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), both those Regulations shall continue to have effect up to and including 6th April 2003.

(3) Regulation 7 of both those Regulations shall continue to apply to persons referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 6(1) of both those Regulations and, to the extent applicable to that sub-paragraph, persons referred to in sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) of that regulation, whose absence begins before 7th April 2003 and continues on and after that date until—

(a) the absence ceases, or

(b) 2nd April 2006,

whichever first occurs.

(4) Regulation 9 of, and the Schedule to, both those Regulations (modification of the Child Benefit Act 1975 and the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 to take account of reciprocal agreements relating to family allowances) shall continue to have effect indefinitely.