Legislation – Welfare Reform Act 2009
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Part 1Social security
Revised system of working-age benefits
3Lone parents
(1)
(conditions for income support), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)
Regulations under paragraph (e) of subsection (1) must secure that a person who—
(a)
is not a member of a couple, and
(b)
is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of F15,
falls within a category of person prescribed under that paragraph.
(1B)
Subsection (1A) does not apply if regulations under subsection (4)(c) of section 1A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 containing the provision mentioned in subsection (5) of that section are in force.”
(2)
In section 2A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
(work-focused interviews)—
(a)
“(2A)
No requirement may be imposed by virtue of this section on a person who—
(a)
is not a member of a couple, and
(b)
is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one.
(2B)
For the purposes of subsection (2A)(b) regulations may make provision—
(a)
as to circumstances in which one person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another;
(b)
as to circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or not being members of the same household.”, and”
(b)
““couple” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.
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