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Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-2)1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.2. Definitions.Part 2 Amendments to Social Welfare Acts (ss. 3-27)3. Duration of illness benefit payment.4. Proving unemployment by electronic communication.5. Jobseeker's allowance - days of unemployment.6. Calculation of means for rent and mortgage supplement.7. Provision by landlord of tax reference number for rent supplement.8. Information required for personal public service number.9. Public services card.10. Carer's allowance - assessment of means.11. Supplementary welfare allowance - amendments.12. Partial capacity benefit.13. Amendment to section 91 of Principal Act.14. Contributions by public office holders.15. Amendment to section 2 of Principal Act.16. Amendment to section 3 of Principal Act.17. Amendment to Part 2 of Principal Act.18. Widowed or surviving civil partner grant.19. Miscellaneous amendments to Part 3 of Principal Act.20. One-parent family payment.21. Qualified adult.22. Amendment to Part 6 of Principal Act.23. Amendments to Part 9 of Principal Act.24. Amendments to Part 12 of Principal Act.25. Amendments to Schedule 3 of Principal Act.26. Amendments to Principal Act relating to the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010.27. Status of persons engaged in work experience pursuant to certain placements.Part 3 Employment schemes and other schemes and programmes (ss. 28-35)28. Interpretation.29. Functions of Minister in relation to employment schemes and related schemes and programmes.30. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1987.31. Transfer of rights and liabilities.32. Transfer of certain property.33. Transfer of certain members of staff of An Foras.34. Amendment of Act of 2010.35. Savings and transitional provisions relating to section 30.Part 4 Transfer of Certain Employees, Property, etc. of Health Service Executive (ss. 36-39)36. Transfer of certain rights and liabilities of Executive.37. Transfer of certain property of Executive.38. Transfer of certain employees of Executive.39. Amendment to section 208 of Principal Act.Part 5 Approval of Certain Policies or Contracts of Assurance (ss. 40-45)40. Definition.41. Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act.45. Collective citation and commencement.44. Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.43. Amendment of section 59 of Principal Act.42. New Part IVA of Principal Act.Schedule 1 Amendments to Principal ActSchedule 2 Amendments Relating to Supplementary Welfare AllowanceSchedule 3 Amendments to Principal Act Relating to the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2011 - onwards
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20. One-parent family payment.

(1) The Principal Act is amended in section 172(1) (amended by section 13 of the Act of 2008) in the definition of "qualified parent" -

(a) in paragraph (d), by deleting "or" after "person,",

(b) in paragraph (e), by inserting "or" after "6 months,", and

(c) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (e) of that definition:

"(f) a surviving civil partner,

(g) a civil partner who is not living with the other civil partner of the civil partnership, or

(h) a person who is not a party to a civil partnership.".

(2) Section 172(2) of the Principal Act is amended by -

(a) substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

"(b) a widow who has remarried or entered into a civil partnership shall not be regarded as the widow of her former husband and a widower who has remarried or entered into a civil partnership shall not be regarded as the widower of his former wife,",

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