Social Security Act 2018 (Version 56)/Section 30

30What is sole parent requirement

(1)A person (P) meets the sole parent requirement if P is the mother or father of, and caring for, at least 1 dependent child aged under 14 years and—

(a)P is single; or

(b)P’s spouse or partner has died; or

(c)P’s marriage or civil union has been dissolved; or

(d)P is living apart from, and has lost the support of or is being inadequately maintained by, P’s spouse or partner; or

(e)P has lost the regular support of P’s spouse or partner because that spouse or partner—

(i)is subject to a sentence of imprisonment and is serving the sentence in a prison or is subject to release conditions that prevent that spouse or partner from undertaking employment; or

(ii)is subject to a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, or home detention and is subject to conditions (including post-detention conditions of a sentence of home detention) that prevent that spouse or partner from undertaking employment.

(2)An additional dependent child aged 1 year or over is not a dependent child for the purposes of P’s eligibility for sole parent support (see section 222(2)).

Compare: 1964 No 136 s 20A