# The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 4F: Entitlement to welfare supplementary payment where couple separates


(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a) A and B were a couple,
(b) on or after 31 May 2016, A and B ceased to be a couple, and
(c) immediately before that, either the couple or A were entitled to a welfare supplementary payment under this Part.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, regulation 4(2)(a) is to be treated as being satisfied in respect of B on the date that A and B cease to be a couple.
(3) Paragraph (4) applies where—
(a) A and B were a couple,
(b) on or after 31 May 2016, A and B ceased to be a couple, and
(c) immediately before that, either the couple or A were entitled to a welfare benefit.
(4) Where this paragraph applies, then for the purposes of regulation 4(2)(a), B is to be treated as if B was entitled to that welfare benefit from the date that the couple or A were entitled to it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/178/regulation/4F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-4F
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