(1) Section 173 (amended by section 25 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010) of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (4) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

"(b) payable for a period not exceeding 6 consecutive months from the date on which, but for this subsection, that person would have ceased to be so entitled.",

(b) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (5B):

"(5B) Subject to subsection (5C), subsections (4), (5) and (5A) shall not apply in any case where a person, by virtue of his or her gross weekly earnings exceeding the amount specified for the purposes of subsection (3), ceases to be entitled to one-parent family payment on or after 5 January 2012.",

and

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5B):

"(5C) Notwithstanding subsection (5B), a person who qualifies for the continuation of one-parent family payment in accordance with subsection (4) before 5 January 2012 may continue to receive that payment for the unexpired portion of the period of continuation which occurs on or after 5 January 2012 if -