Regulation 4 Persons from whom services may not be secured by means of a direct payment

The following descriptions of persons are specified for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 12B (persons from whom services may not be secured by means of a direct payment) of the Act:–

(a)

the spouse of the beneficiary;

(b)

a person who lives with the beneficiary–

(i)

as man and wife; or

(ii)

in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between man and wife except that the person and beneficiary are of the same sex;

(c)

a person living in the same household as the beneficiary who is the beneficiary's–

(i)

parent or parent in law;

(ii)

son or daughter;

(iii)

son in law or daughter in law;

(iv)

stepson or stepdaughter;

(v)

brother or sister;

(vi)

aunt or uncle; or

(vii)

grandparent;

(d)

the spouse of any person of a description specified in paragraph (c) who lives in the same household as the beneficiary; and

(e)

a person who lives with any person of a description specified in paragraph (c)–

(i)

as man and wife; or

(ii)

in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between man and wife except that they are of the same sex.