Social Welfare Act, 1991

Calculation of supplementary welfare allowance.

45.—(1) Subsection (2) of section 207 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph:

“(a) where—

(i) a husband and wife, or

(ii) a man and woman who are not married to each other but are cohabiting as man and wife,

are members of the same household, their needs and means shall be aggregated and shall be regarded as the needs and means of the claimant;”.

(2) Section 199 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after the definition of “recipient” of the following definition:

“‘spouse’ means—

(a) each person of a married couple who are living together, or

(b) a man and woman who are not married to each other but are cohabiting as man and wife.”.