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

Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987N.I.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

80.  In regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(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. 80 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.R. (N.I.) 1987/459. In regulation 2(1), the definition of “couple” was substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to S.R. (N.I.) 2005/536.