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Conditions of eligibility

9The person and his or her partner must be in qualifying paid work

(1)A person meets the condition of eligibility in this section if the person is in qualifying paid work on the date of the declaration.

(2)Regulations may—

(a)make provision as to what is, or is not, qualifying paid work, and

(b)specify circumstances in which a person is, or is not, to be regarded as in such work.

(3)Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular—

(a)make provision for calculating a person’s expected income from any work for a period specified in the regulations,

(b)provide that a person is in qualifying paid work only if the person’s expected income from the work for the period, taken together with the person’s expected income from any other work for the period, is greater than or equal to an amount specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations, and

(c)specify cases in which the condition mentioned in paragraph (b) does not need to be met.