53(1)Section 105 of the Administration Act (failure to maintain) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(b), after “support" insert “or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance".
(3)In subsection (3), at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (4) below,".
(4)After subsection (3) insert—
“(4)For the purposes of this section, in its application to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, a person is liable to maintain another if that other person is his or her spouse.”