Section 327 — Social Security Act 2018: Benefits payable to sole parent who stops caring for dependent child due to sudden and uncontrollable circumstances

327 Benefits payable to sole parent who stops caring for dependent child due to sudden and uncontrollable circumstances (1) This section applies to a benefit, or a rate of benefit, payable to a beneficiary who— (a) is or was a sole parent in respect of a dependent child; but (b) stops caring for the child because of a change of circumstances that is sudden and beyond the beneficiary’s control. (2) The benefit or rate of benefit ends 28 days after the day on which the beneficiary stops caring for the child. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 80BD(6)