Regulation 3 Allocation of contributions for spouse or civil partner ...F16F17F18

Subject to the provisions of this regulation, any sum or sums paid by a person by way of contribution towards either or both of the following, that is to say the maintenance of his F1spouse F2or civil partner and the cost of providing for one or more children to whom this regulation refers, shall be treated for the purposes of section 31(c)(i), F3... F4...F544(3)(a), 45(2)(b), 45A(2)(b), F6... 65(1), 66(1)(a) or F770(2) (conditions as to maintenance) as such contributions of such respective amounts equal in the aggregate to the said sum or sums, in respect of such of the persons hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, his spouse or civil partner or any child or children to whom this regulation refers, as may be determined by the determining authority so as to secure as large a payment as possible by way of benefit in respect of dependants.

A sum paid by way of contribution towards the maintenance of a F8spouse F9or civil partner shall not be treated by virtue of this regulation as a sum paid by way of contribution towards the cost of providing for a child or children, and a sum paid by way of contribution towards the cost of providing for a child or children shall not be so treated as a sum paid by way of contribution towards the maintenance of a spouse or civil partner, unless in either case the wife is entitled to child benefit in respect of the child or children.

Except for the purposes of section 31(c)(i) (child's special allowance), the children to whom this regulation refers are any children in respect of whom, in the period for which the sum in question is paid by the person, that person is entitled to child benefit or could have been so entitled by virtue of regulations had he contributed to the cost of providing for the child at a sufficient weekly rate.

For the purposes of section 31(c)(i)—

In the heading to this regulation and in paragraphs (1) and (2) the word “spouse” includes both husband and wife except in relation to maintenance contributions for the purposes of F14section 45(2)(b) where it means wife only, and in relation to maintenance contributions for the purposes of sections 44(3)(a) F15and 45A(2)(b) where it means husband only.