SCHEDULE 3Consequential and related amendments

PART 1Primary legislation

Welfare Reform Act 2012

35.  In section 39 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(1)—

(a)in subsection (1)(b), for “as a married couple” substitute “as if they were a married couple or civil partners”;

(b)in subsection (3)(b), for “as a married couple” substitute “as if they were a married couple or civil partners”.

(1)

2012 c. 5. Section 39(1) and (3) was amended by S.I. 2014/560 and 3229.