SCHEDULES

Valid from 05/12/2005

SCHEDULE 24 U.K. Social security, child support and tax credits

Part 12 U.K. Amendments of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/ 1506 (N.I. 10))

139 (1) Amend Article 68 (power to reduce child benefit for lone parents) as follows. U.K.

(2) In paragraph (2), after “spouse” (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”.

(3) After paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) For the purpose of this Article, a parent is to be regarded as living with another person as his civil partner if, but only if, he would be regarded as living with the other person as his spouse, were they instead two people of the opposite sex.”.