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One-parent family payment — entitlement.
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13.— (1) Section 172(1) (as amended by section 17 of and Schedule 3 to the Act of 2006) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following definition for the definition of “ qualified parent ”:
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“ ‘ qualified parent ’ means, subject to regulations under section 177—
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(a) a widow,
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(b) a widower,
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(c) a separated spouse,
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(d) an unmarried person, or
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(e) a person whose spouse has been committed in custody to a prison or place of detention for not less than 6 months,
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who is the parent, step-parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian of at least one qualified child, who normally resides with that person;”.
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(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply, where a person’s entitlement to one-parent family payment has been established before the coming into operation of that subsection, for the duration of that person’s continuous entitlement to one-parent family payment.
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