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 [well-being needs] household may also agree to be treated as part of that extended household.
(3) To agree to be treated as an extended household, all [members of the households] must agree.
(4) A household may only agree to be treated as being in 1 extended household [at any one time].
[(5) Where a household has agreed to be treated as an extended household with other households under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (“the previous extended household”), it may make an agreement under this paragraph only with those other households, unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with a member of those households in reliance on being treated as part of the previous extended household.]
(6) Where households have agreed to be treated as an extended household under—
(a)paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, 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 [part of] an extended household if any ... member of the household ceases to agree to be treated as [part of] the extended household.
[(7A) Sub-paragraph (7B) applies where—
(a)a person who would be, or is, a member of an extended household is a child, and
(b)a person who has parental responsibility for the child (“P”) is a member of the child’s household.
(7B) Where this sub-paragraph applies—
(a)the agreement required by sub-paragraph (3) is to be given by P (and not the child), and
(b)a household ceases to be treated as part of an extended household in accordance with sub-paragraph (7) if P ceases to agree to be treated as part of the extended household (whether or not the child also ceases to agree).]
(8) If a household ceases to be treated as [part of] an extended household, the household may not agree to be treated as [part of] an extended household with any other household [unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the household last participated in a gathering with any member of another household in reliance on being treated as part of an extended household with that household].
(9) In this Schedule, references to an extended household are references to an extended household formed under or by virtue of this paragraph.
[(10) In this paragraph, “well-being needs household” means—
(a)a single adult household;
(b)a household comprising of 1 or more children and no adults.]
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