Social Welfare Act 2022

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Qualified adult - amendment to definition

3. Section 2(2) of the Principal Act is amended, in paragraph (a) of the definition of “qualified adult”—

(a) in subparagraph (vii), by the substitution of the following clause for clause V:

“(V) the national internship scheme, or”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (vii):

“(viii) a spouse, civil partner or cohabitant of that person, where that person is in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, and the spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is a participant under a scheme provided by the Minister and known as Community Employment,”.