Social Security Act 1980

29 In section 34—

(a) the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in subsection (1) of that section—

• " benefit officer" means a person appointed in pursuance of section 27(2) of this Act;

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

• " modifications" includes additions, omissions and amendments, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly ;

• " prescribed" means specified in or determined in accordance with regulations ;

• " regulations " means regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act;

• " unmarried couple " means a man and a woman who / are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife otherwise than in prescribed circumstances ;

(b) in subsection (1) the definitions of " blind " and " the Commission " and "school" shall be omitted and in the definition of " supplementary benefit " the words from " and includes " onwards shall be omitted ; and

(c) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(3) Regulations may make provision as to the circumstances in which a person is to be treated for the purposes of any specified provision of this Act—

(a) as being or not being a member of the same household as another person ;

(b) as responsible for another person