[F12C. In this Part of this Schedule—
F2...
[F3“child” includes includes a qualifying young person and “children” includes qualifying young persons;]
- (a)
two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or
(b)two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together [F6as if they were a married couple or civil partners];]
[F7“week” means any period of 7 days corresponding to the week in respect of which the relevant social security benefit is due to be paid or ending on the day before the first day of the first such week following the date of claim.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 2C inserted (26.11.1984) by The Social Security Benefit (Dependency, Claims and Payments and Hospital In-Patients) Amendment Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/1699), regs. 1, 3(c)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C omitted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2877), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 7(7)(b)(i) (with art. 3)
F3Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C inserted (E.W.) (12.4.2021) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/312), regs. 1(1), 4
F4Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C substituted (S.) (16.12.2014) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3229), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 2
F5Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C substituted (E.W.) (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/107), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 6
F6Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 38
F7Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C substituted (25.11.1996) by The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2745), regs. 1, 17(b)