Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Entitlement to one-parent family payment

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.”,

and

(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 .