PART 2AMENDMENTS OF PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Amendment of the Employment Act 19897

In section 8(4) of the Employment Act 1989 (power to exempt discrimination in favour of lone parents in connection with training)10, for paragraph (b) substitute—

b

“couple” has the meaning given by section 39(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; and

c

“lone parent” means a person who—

i

is not a member of a couple, and

ii

is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child.