Social Security Act 1980

4 Sections 44(3)(c), 46(2) and 66(1)(d) (which relate to increases of benefit by reference to a female person, not a child, who has the care of a child or children in respect of whom the beneficiary is entitled to child benefit) shall be amended by substituting for the words " female person (not a child) " —

(a) in sections 44(3)(c) and 66(1)(d) the words " person who is neither the spouse of the beneficiary nor a child " ;

(b) in section 46(2) the words "person who is neither the spouse of the pensioner nor a child " ;

and in sections 46(4) and 66(6)(b) (which refer to the female person mentioned in sections 46(2) and 66(1)(d) respectively) for the words from "female person" to "residing" there shall be substituted the words " person there referred to is a female residing ".