# The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 21: Entitlement to welfare supplementary payment where couple separates


After regulation 4E insert—
“Entitlement to welfare supplementary payment where couple separates
4F. (1) Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a) A and B were a couple,
(b) on or after 31 May 2016, A and B ceased to be a couple, and
(c) immediately before that, either the couple or A were entitled to a welfare supplementary payment under this Part.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, regulation 4(2)(a) is to be treated as being satisfied in respect of B on the date that A and B cease to be a couple.
(3) Paragraph (4) applies where—
(a) A and B were a couple,
(b) on or after 31 May 2016, A and B ceased to be a couple, and
(c) immediately before that, either the couple or A were entitled to a welfare benefit.
(4) Where this paragraph applies, then for the purposes of regulation 4(2)(a), B is to be treated as if B was entitled to that welfare benefit from the date that the couple or A were entitled to it.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2017/9780338006882/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-supplementary-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-21
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