PART IIIMEMBERSHIP OF THE FAMILY
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household16.
(1)
Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), the claimant and any partner and, where the claimant or his partner is treated as responsible under regulation 15 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) for a child or young person, that child or young person and any child of that child or young person shall be treated as members of the same household F1notwithstanding that any of them F2is temporarily living away from the other members of his family.
F3(2)
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is living away from the other members of his family where—
(a)
that person does not intend to resume living with the other members of his family; or
(b)
his absence from the other members of his family is likely to exceed 52 weeks, unless there are exceptional circumstances (for example the person is in hospital or otherwise has no control over the length of his absence), and the absence is unlikely to be substantially more than 52 weeks.
(3)
Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of any member of a couple or of a polygamous marriage where—
(a)
F7(b)
one, both or all of them are—
(i)
detained in custody pending trial or sentence upon conviction or under a sentence imposed by a court; or
(ii)
on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act 1952 or the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989;
F8(c)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)
the claimant is abroad and does not satisfy the conditions of regulation 4 (temporary absence from Britain); or
(e)
one of them is permanently F9residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital.
(4)
A child or young person shall not be treated as a member of the claimant's household where he is—
F10(a)
placed with the claimant or his partner by a local authority under F11section 22C(2) of the Children Act 1989 or by a voluntary organisation under section 59(1)(a) of that Act; or
F12(aa)
placed with the claimant or his partner by a local authority under section 81(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; or
(b)
placed with the claimant or his partner prior to adoption; or
(5)
Subject to paragraph (6), paragraph (1) shall not apply to a child or young person who is not living with the claimant F15and who—
(a)
F16in a case which does not fall within sub-paragraph (aa), has been continuously absent from Great Britain for a period of more than four weeks commencing—
(i)
F17subject to paragraph (5A), where he went abroad before the date of claim for income support, with that date;
(ii)
in any other case, F18on the day which immediately follows the day on which he went abroad; or
F19(aa)
where regulation 4(3) or paragraph 11A or 12A of Schedule 7 (temporary absence abroad for the treatment of a child or young person) applies, has been continuously absent from Great Britain for a period of more than 8 weeks, that period of 8 weeks commencing—
(i)
F20subject to paragraph (5A), where he went abroad before the date of the claim for income support, on the date of that claim;
(ii)
in any other case, on the day which immediately follows the day on which he went abroad; or
(b)
has been an in-patient or in F21accommodation F22... for a continuous period of more than 12 weeks commencing—
(i)
F23subject to paragraph (5A), where he became an in-patient or, as the case may be, entered that accommodation before the date of the claim for income support, with that date; or
(ii)
in any other case, with the date on which he became an in-patient or entered that accommodation,
and, in either case, has not been in regular contact with either the claimant or any member of the claimant's household; or
F24(c)
is being looked after by a local authority under a relevant enactment; or
(d)
has been placed with a person other than the claimant prior to adoption; or
(e)
has been placed for adoption pursuant to a decision under the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 or F25the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009; or
(f)
is detained in custody pending trial or sentence upon conviction or under a sentence imposed by a court.
F26(5A)
Sub-paragraphs (a)(i), (aa)(i) and (b)(i) of paragraph (5) shall not apply in a case where immediately before the date of claim for income support the claimant was entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.
(6)
A child or young person to whom any of the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraphs (c) or (f) of paragraph (5) applies shall be treated as being a member of the claimant's household only for that part of any benefit week where that child or young person lives with the claimant.
(7)
Where a child or young person for the purposes of attending the educational establishment at which he is receiving relevant education is living with the claimant or his partner and neither one is treated as responsible for that child or young person that child or young person shall be treated as being a member of the household of the person treated as responsible for him and shall not be treated as a member of the claimant's household.
(8)
In this regulation—
F27(za)
“accommodation” means accommodation provided by a local authority in a home owned or managed by that local authority—
(i)
under sections 21 to 24 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (provision of accommodation),
(ii)
in Scotland, under section 13B or 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (provision of residential or other establishment), F28...
(iii)
under section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (care and support services etc.), F29...
F30(iv)
under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support), F31 or
(v)
under section 35 or 36 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (duty and power to meet care and support needs of an adult),
where the accommodation is provided for a person whose stay in that accommodation has become other than temporary;
F32(a)
(b)
“voluntary organisation” has the meaning assigned to it in the F35Children Act 1989 or, in Scotland, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.