Paragraph 33

In regulation 78 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household)—

(a)

after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the members of a joint-claim couple shall be treated for the purposes of the Act as members of the same household notwithstanding that they are temporarily living away from each other.”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) for the words “Paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraphs (1) and (1A)”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

for the words “Paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraphs (1) and (1A)”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (c), for the words “the claimant” there shall be substituted the words “a claimant”.