Social Welfare Act, 1993

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Extension of definition of adult dependant.

11.—Section 2 (as amended by section 15 of the Act of 1992) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1A) For the purposes of determining the entitlement of a person to an increase in respect of an adult dependant, references to a spouse in the definition of ‘adult dependant’ contained in subsection (1) and regulations made thereunder shall be construed as meaning each person of a married couple who are living together, or a man and woman who are not married to each other but are cohabiting as husband and wife.”.