# Social Security Act 1998, Section 72: Power to reduce child benefit for lone parents


(1) Regulations may revoke any provision of regulations which prescribes a higher rate of child benefit in the case of a lone parent, notwithstanding anything in section 145(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (which precludes regulations from prescribing a rate lower than the rate it replaces).
(2) In this section “lone parent” means a parent who—
(a) has no spouse or civil partner or is not living with his spouse or civil partner; and
(b) is not living with any other person as his spouse or civil partner.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/14/section/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/section-72
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