The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005

Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975

3.—(1) Amend the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975(1) as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (3)(b), for “husband or wife” substitute “husband, wife or civil partner”.

(3) In regulation 6 (adjustment of personal benefit after 52 weeks in hospital), in paragraph (3)(2)—

(a) after “who is married” insert “or in a civil partnership”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (a), for “husband or wife” substitute “husband, wife or civil partner”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b)(i), for “his wife or her husband” substitute “the beneficiary’s wife, husband or civil partner”.

(4) In regulation 9 (circumstances in which dependency benefit is to be adjusted)(3), in paragraph (d), for “husband or wife” substitute “husband, wife or civil partner”.

(5) In the heading preceding regulation 11 (adjustment of dependency benefit where dependant is husband or wife of beneficiary and is in hospital)(4), for “husband or wife” substitute “husband, wife or civil partner”.

(6) In regulation 16 (adjustment or further adjustment of benefit in certain cases after 52 weeks in hospital), in paragraph (1)(5), for “wife or husband” (in each place) substitute “wife, husband or civil partner”.

(7) In regulation 19 (treatment of age addition)(6), after “nor with a spouse” insert “or civil partner”.

(8) In Schedule 1 (beneficiary to be regarded as having a dependant if any of these benefits is or would be payable), in paragraph (c)(7), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.

(1)

S.I. 1975/555.

(2)

Paragraph (3) was substituted by S.I. 1977/1693 and amended by S.I. 1987/1683.

(3)

Regulation 9 was substituted by S.I. 1977/1693 and amended by S.I. 1987/1683 and S.I. 2003/1195.

(4)

The heading to regulation 11 was substituted by S.I. 1977/1693.

(5)

Paragraph (1) was amended by S.I. 1977/1693 and S.I. 1987/1683.

(6)

Regulation 19 was amended by S.I. 1987/31.

(7)

Paragraph (c) was substituted by S.I. 1987/31.