SCHEDULE 5CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION
Welfare Reform Act 2012I120
1
Section 39 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012139 (couples) is amended as follows.
2
For subsection (1) substitute—
1
In this Part “couple” means—
a
two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or
b
two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as a married couple.
3
Omit subsection (2).
4
In subsection (3)—
a
in paragraph (a), for “husband and wife” substitute “married”; and
b
in paragraph (b), for “a man and woman are to be treated as living together as husband and wife” substitute “two people are to be treated as living together as a married couple”.