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Regulation 7 Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “clerk to the appeal tribunal” there shall be inserted the following definition—

  • ““couple” means—

    1. (a)

      a man and woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household;

    2. (b)

      a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife;

    3. (c)

      two people of the same sex who are civil partners of each other and are members of the same household; or

    4. (d)

      two people of the same sex who are not civil partners of each other but are living together as if they were civil partners,

    and for the purposes of paragraph (d), two people of the same sex are to be regarded as living together as if they were civil partners if, but only if, they would be regarded as living together as husband and wife were they instead two people of the opposite sex;; and”; and

(b)

in the definition of “partner”f2 for “a married couple or an unmarried couple” there shall be substituted “a couple”.

(3)

In regulation 5(2)f3 (date from which a decision revised under Article 10 takes effect), after “spouse” (in each place where it occurs) there shall be inserted “or civil partner”.

(4)

In Schedule 2Af4 (date from which superseding decision takes effect where a claimant is in receipt of income support or jobseeker’s allowance) in paragraph 8(e)f5 for “a married or an unmarried couple” there shall be substituted “a couple”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 7 in operation at 5.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1999 No. 162; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2000 No. 215, S.R. 2001 No. 120, S.R. 2002 No. 189 and S.R. 2004 No. 378

f2

The definition of “partner” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2002 No. 189

f3

Paragraph (2) was added by regulation 3 of S.R. 2004 No. 378

f4

Schedule 2A was inserted by regulation 6(22) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.R. 2000 No. 215

f5

Sub-paragraph (e) was inserted by regulation 4(c)(ii) of S.R. 2001 No. 120