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Welfare Reform Act 2012S

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20.—(1) Section 39 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(1) (couples) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

(1) In this Part “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 a married couple..

(3) Omit subsection (2).

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “husband and wife” substitute “married”; and

(b)in paragraph (b), for “a man and woman are to be treated as living together as husband and wife” substitute “two people are to be treated as living together as a married couple”.

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I1Sch. 5 para. 20 in force at 16.12.2014, see art. 1(2)

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2012 c.5. Section 39 was amended S.I. 2014/560.

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