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SCHEDULE 24Social security, child support and tax credits

Part 5Amendments of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)

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1

Amend section 37 (widowed mother’s allowance) as follows.

2

In subsection (3), after “remarries” insert “or forms a civil partnership”.

3

After subsection (4)(b) insert

or

c

for any period during which she and a woman who is not her civil partner are living together as if they were civil partners.