Extended householdsE+W
3.—(1) 2 households may agree to be treated as an extended household.
(2) In addition to the 2 households who may agree to be treated as an extended household under sub-paragraph (1), 1 single adult household may also agree to be treated as part of that extended household.
(3) To agree to be treated as an extended household, all of the adult members of the 2 households must agree.
(4) A household may only agree to be treated as being in 1 extended household.
(5) Where households have agreed to be treated as an extended household under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 an agreement under this paragraph may be made only between those households.
(6) Where households have agreed to be treated as an extended household under—
(a)paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, or
(b)paragraph 3 of Schedule 4,
those households are to be treated as having agreed to be treated as an extended household under this paragraph.
(7) A household ceases to be treated as being in an extended household if any adult member of the household ceases to agree to be treated as being in the extended household.
(8) If a household ceases to be treated as being in an extended household, the household may not agree to be treated as being in an extended household with any other household.
(9) In this Schedule, references to an extended household are references to an extended household formed under or by virtue of this paragraph.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 20.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)