Regulation 5 Amendment of regulation 18 of the General Regulations

for the words “Subject to regulations” there shall be substituted the words “(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulations”;

in paragraph (1)(b) for the words “sub-paragraphs (3)(b) and” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (3)(c) and”; and

at the end of paragraph (1) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(2)

In the case of a partner who is aged less than 18, the amount which applies in respect of that partner shall be nil unless—

(a)

that partner is treated as responsible for a child, or

(b)

that partner is a person who—

(i)

had he not been a member of a polygamous marriage would have been eligible for income support by virtue of regulation 13A (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for income support); or

(ii)

is a person in respect of whom there is a direction under section 20(4A) of the Act^f1 (income support to avoid severe hardship).”.