SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Claimant treated as liable or not liable to make payments

PART ITreated as liable to make payments

Certain other persons liable to make payments1

1

A claimant is to be treated as liable to make payments where the person who is liable to make the payments is—

a

any child or qualifying young person for whom the claimant (or if the claimant is a member of a couple, either member) is responsible, or

b

in the case of a claimant who is a member of a couple claiming as a single person, the other member of the couple.

2

Sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to a person who is claiming as a single person by virtue of regulation 3(3) (polygamous marriages).