Social Welfare Act 2012

One-parent family payment — amendments.

14.— The Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 172(1), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant age” (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 2012):

“(b) in any other case—

(i) 12 years in respect of any claim for one-parent family payment relating to any day during the period beginning on 3 May 2012 and expiring on 3 July 2013,

(ii) 10 years in respect of any claim for one-parent family payment relating to any day during the period beginning on 4 July 2013 and expiring on 2 July 2014, and

(iii) 7 years in respect of any claim for one-parent family payment relating to any day occurring on or after 3 July 2014;”,

(b) in section 178B (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2012)—

(i) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) A person to whom this section applies shall, subject to subsection (3), continue to be entitled to the payment referred to in subsection (1) as follows:

(a) during the period commencing on 27 April 2011 and ending on 3 July 2013, until the youngest child attains the age of 18 years;

(b) during the period commencing on 4 July 2013 and ending on 2 July 2014, until the youngest child attains the age of 17 years;

(c) during the period commencing on 3 July 2014 and ending on 1 July 2015, until the youngest child attains the age of 16 years.”,

and

(ii) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (5):

“(5) This section shall cease to have effect on2 July 2015.”,

(c) in section 178C (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2012)—

(i) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) A person to whom this section applies shall continue to be entitled to the payment referred to in subsection (1) as follows:

(a) during the period commencing on 3 May 2012 and ending on 3 July 2013, until the youngest child attains the age of 14 years;

(b) during the period commencing on 4 July 2013 and ending on 2 July 2014, until the youngest child attains the age of 12 years;

(c) during the period commencing on 3 July 2014 and ending on 1 July 2015, until the youngest child attains the age of 10 years.”,

and

(ii) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) This section shall cease to have effect on 2 July 2015.”,

and

(d) in section 178D (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2012) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) This section shall cease to have effect on 2 July 2015.”.