The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 No. 1514

PART 7 Amendments: Pensions and Social Security: Secondary Legislation

Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Partners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

100.  In regulation 1(2) of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Partners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1), for the definition of “couple” substitute—

““couple” means—

(a)

two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household, or

(b)

two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other;”.

(1)

S.R. (N.I.) 2003/405. In regulation 1(2), the definition of “couple” was inserted by paragraph 31 of Schedule 3 to S.R. (N.I.) 2005/536.