Section 30 — Social Security Act 2018: What is sole parent requirement

30 What 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