34.—(1) Amend the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001 M1 as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 (meaning of “person in hardship”), in paragraph (1)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i)for “a married or unmarried couple” substitute “ a couple ”;
(ii)for paragraph (i) substitute the following paragraph—
“(i)at least one member of the couple is a woman who is pregnant; and”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (e), for “a married or unmarried couple” substitute “ a couple ”.
(3) In regulation 11 (application of Part and meaning of “couple in hardship”), in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (a), for “the woman member of the joint-claim couple is pregnant” substitute “ at least one member of the joint-claim couple is a woman who is pregnant ”.
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