Paragraph 33 I1

Northern Ireland

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 Order as members of the same household notwithstanding that they are temporarily living away from each other.”;

(b)

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

(c)

in paragraph (3)^f1—

(i)

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

(ii)

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

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 33 in operation at 19.3.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph (3) was amended by regulation 18 of S.R. 1996 No. 358