Social Welfare Act, 1991
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Calculation of supplementary welfare allowance. |
45.—(1) Subsection (2) of section 207 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph: | |
“(a) where— | ||
(i) a husband and wife, or | ||
(ii) a man and woman who are not married to each other but are cohabiting as man and wife, | ||
are members of the same household, their needs and means shall be aggregated and shall be regarded as the needs and means of the claimant;”. | ||
(2) Section 199 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after the definition of “recipient” of the following definition: | ||
“‘spouse’ means— | ||
(a) each person of a married couple who are living together, or | ||
(b) a man and woman who are not married to each other but are cohabiting as man and wife.”. |