SCHEDULES

Schedule 2Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1Amendments of the Contributions and Benefits Act

I1I22Income support

1

Section 124 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (entitlement to income support), after paragraph (a) (claimant must be 16 or over) insert—

aa

he has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit;

3

In that subsection, after paragraph (f) (claimant must not be entitled to jobseeker’s allowance etc) insert

; and

g

if he is a member of a married or unmarried couple, the other member of the couple is not entitled to state pension credit.