Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

5.—(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 6(22) (date of claim) M2 , in the definition of “family” omit “ married or unmarried ”.

(3) In regulation 19(3B) (time for claiming benefit) M3 after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1987/1968.

M2 S.I. 2002/428 and 2005/337 made relevant amendments to paragraph (22).

M3 Paragraph (3B) was inserted by S.I. 2005/777.