Paragraph 129

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 24 para. 42-46 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 14 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 55 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 14 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 144-147 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 14 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 53 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 14 Pt. 7
Sch. 24 para. 42-44 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 123 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 68 repealed by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 Sch. 8
Sch. 24 para. 69 repealed by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 Sch. 8
Sch. 24 para. 131 repealed by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 3
Sch. 24 para. 133 repealed by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 3
Sch. 24 para. 134 repealed by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 4 Pt. 3
Sch. 24 para. 15 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2007 Sch. 8
Sch. 24 para. 14 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2007 Sch. 8
Sch. 24 para. 118 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 3
Sch. 24 para. 120 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 3
Sch. 24 para. 121 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 3
Sch. 24 para. 61 repealed by Welfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 14 Pt. 8
Sch. 24 para. 96-99 repealed by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 102(3) repealed by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 107 repealed by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 1
Sch. 24 para. 113 repealed by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 12 Pt. 7

After that paragraph insert—

“(7A)
For the purposes of this Article, two people of the same sex are to be regarded as living together as if they were civil partners if, but only if, they would be regarded as living together as husband and wife were they instead two people of the opposite sex.”