# The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005, Paragraph 34: Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001


(1) Amend the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001 as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 (meaning of “person in hardship”), in paragraph (1)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i) for “a married or unmarried couple” substitute “ a couple ”;
(ii) for paragraph (i) substitute the following paragraph—
“(i) at least one member of the couple is a woman who is pregnant; and”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (e), for “a married or unmarried couple” substitute “ a couple ”.
(3) In regulation 11 (application of Part and meaning of “couple in hardship”), in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (a), for “the woman member of the joint-claim couple is pregnant” substitute “ at least one member of the joint-claim couple is a woman who is pregnant ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2877/schedule/3/paragraph/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-pensions-social-security-and-child-support-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-34
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