The Civil Partnership Act will come into force on 5th December 2005. Any same sex couple wishing to form a civil partnership will be able to give notice of their intention to register from that date.
For DWP benefits, including Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, this means that same sex couples, who have formed a civil partnership or who are living together as if they were civil partners, will be treated in the same way as opposite sex couples who are married or are living together as husband and wife.
This will mean that some people, who previously claimed benefits as a single person, will have to re-claim as part of a couple.
From 5th December you must inform us if you form a civil partnership or if you live with someone as if you were civil partners.
The Benefits Section
Financial Services Unit
Town Hall
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 1EB
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