The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Lone Parent responsible for a child who attains the age of 5 after 16th April 2016 and before 17th April 2017

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4.—(1) This paragraph applies to a lone parent who falls within this Schedule if, on the commencement day, the lone parent is responsible for and a member of the same household as—

(a)a single child who attains the age of 5 after 16th April 2016 and before 17th April 2017; or

(b)more than one child, the youngest of whom attains the age of 5 after 16th April 2016 and before 17th April 2017.

(2) Subject to paragraphs 6 and 7, regulations 2, 4 and 5 come into operation in relation to a lone parent to whom this paragraph applies on the first day of the first benefit week in which a requirement to take part in a work-focused interview would, apart from these Regulations, next have arisen in relation to the lone parent on or after 17th April 2017.