Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015
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Entitlement to one-parent family payment | ||
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6. (1) Section 172(1) of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in the definition of “qualified parent” (amended by section 20 of the Act of 2010)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (e), by the substitution of “6 months,” for “6 months, or”, and | ||
(ii) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “civil partnership,” for “civil partnership.”, | ||
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(b) in the definition of “relevant age” (amended by section 14 of the Act of 2012), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) 16 years where— | ||
(i) the person in respect of whom the claim for one-parent family payment is being made is qualified for a carer’s allowance under Chapter 8 of Part 3, including a payment under section 186A, or | ||
(ii) a payment under Chapter 8A of Part 3 is being made in respect of a child, and”. | ||
(2) Section 178C (amended by section 14 of the Act of 2012) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): | ||
“(3) For the purposes of this section nothing in subsection (2) shall affect the entitlement of a person to whom this section applies to continue to be entitled to one-parent family payment until the youngest child attains 16 years where— | ||
(a) the person is qualified for a carer’s allowance under Chapter 8 of Part 3, including a payment under section 186A, or | ||
(b) the youngest child is a child in respect of whom a payment under Chapter 8A of Part 3 is being made.”. | ||
(3) In this section “Act of 2012” means the Social Welfare Act 2012 . |