Paragraph 5
England, Wales and Scotland
Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was formerly the dwelling occupied as the home following the claimant's estrangement or divorce from, or dissolution of the claimant's civil partnership with, the claimant's former partner, that dwelling for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which the claimant ceased to occupy that dwelling or, where that dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is F1a lone parent or a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a young person, for as long as it is so occupied.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Sch. 9 para. 5 substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2428), regs. 1, 5(8)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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Section 3(3) is cited for the power to prescribe a payment under paragraph (b) of the definition of “pension payment”.
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Section 22 is cited insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7, 8(1), 9 and 10 of Schedule 2.
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Section 24(1) is cited for the definition of “employment” and “employed”, “period of limited capability for work”, “prescribed”, “regulations” and “week”.
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Paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1 is cited for the definition of “couple”, “education” and “remunerative work”.
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