Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 175

Disqualification

Section 175 disqualifies a qualified parent from receiving One-Parent Family Payment if they are living with another person as a cohabitant.

• A qualified parent is someone who meets the criteria set out in section 173(1).
• Cohabitation means living together with another person in a relationship resembling marriage or civil partnership.
• A qualified parent who becomes a cohabitant loses entitlement to One-Parent Family Payment.
• The disqualification continues for as long as the cohabitation arrangement persists.