Power to reduce child benefit for lone parentsN.I.
68 .F1—(1) Regulations may revoke any provision of regulations which prescribes a higher rate of child benefit in the case of a lone parent, notwithstanding anything in section 141(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (which precludes regulations from prescribing a rate lower than the rate it replaces).
(2) In this Article “lone parent” means a parent who—
(a)has no spouse[F2 or civil partner] or is not living with his spouse[F2 or civil partner]; and
(b)is not living with any other person as his spouse[F2 or civil partner].
[F2(3) For the purpose of this Article, a parent is to be regarded as living with another person as his civil partner if, but only if, he would be regarded as living with the other person as his spouse, were they instead two people of the opposite sex.]
F1prosp. in pt. functions transf. by 2002 c. 21