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The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019

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Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977

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77.  In paragraph 2C of Schedule 2 to the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977(1), for the definition of “couple” substitute—

“couple” means—

(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 as if spouses of each other;.

(1)

S.R. (N.I.) 1977/74. Paragraph 2C of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.R. (N.I.) 1984/382, and the definition of “couple” was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to S.R. (N.I.) 2005/536.

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