[F125. Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was formerly the dwelling occupied as the home following his estrangement or divorce from [F2, or dissolution of his civil partnership with,] his former partner, that dwelling for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he ceased to occupy that dwelling] [F3or, where that dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is a lone parent, for as long as it is so occupied.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 paras. 25-28 added (30.5.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/910), regs. 1(1), 3(b)
F2Words in Sch. 10 para. 25 inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2877), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 13(9)(c) (with art. 3)
F3Words in Sch. 10 para. 25 added (1.4.2003) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/511), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)