The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019

Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016N.I.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

116.  In regulation 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1), for the definition of “couple” substitute—

“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 if spouses of each other;.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 116 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)