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Paragraph 5

United Kingdom

In this Schedule—

  • “1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M1;

  • “child” and “qualifying young person” have the same meaning as in Part 9 of the 1992 Act M2;

  • “couple” means—

    1. (a)

      two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or

    2. (b)

      two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together F1as if they were a married couple or civil partners;

  • “single claimant” means a person who is not a member of a couple.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 2 para. 5 substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 105

Marginal citations

M1

1992 c.4.

M2

See section 142. That section was amended by section 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005.