Extended householdsE+W
3.—(1) A [well-being needs] household and another household may agree to be treated as an extended household.
(2) To agree to be treated as an extended household, all [members of the households] must agree.
(3) A household may only agree to be treated as being in 1 extended household [at any one time].
(4) Where a [well-being needs] household has agreed to be treated as an extended household with up to—
(a)3 other households under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1, or
(b)2 other households under—
(i)paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, or
(ii)paragraph 3 of Schedule 3,
[(“the previous extended household”),] an agreement under this paragraph may be made only between the [well-being needs] household and 1 of those other households [unless a period of at least 10 days has expired since any member of the [well-being needs] household last participated in a gathering with a member of those households in reliance on being treated as part of the previous extended household].
(5) 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.
[(5A) Sub-paragraph (5B) 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.
(5B) Where this sub-paragraph applies—
(a)the agreement required by sub-paragraph (2) 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 (5) if P ceases to agree to be treated as part of the extended household (whether or not the child also ceases to agree).]
(6) 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].
(7) In this Schedule, references to an extended household are references to an extended household formed under or by virtue of this paragraph.
[(8) 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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