(1) Subject to this Act, deserted wife's benefit shall be payable to a woman who -
(a) has been deserted by her husband,
(b) if she is less than 40 years of age, has at least one qualified child residing with her,
(c) in the case of a claim made on or after the 31st day of August, 1992, does not have an aggregate of reckonable income and reckonable earnings in excess of a prescribed amount in the last complete income tax year or in such subsequent period as a deciding officer or an appeals officer may consider appropriate,
(d) satisfies the contribution conditions in section 111, and
(e) satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed.
(2) The circumstances in which a woman is to be regarded for the purposes of this section as having been deserted by her husband shall be specified in regulations.
(3) A woman shall be disqualified for receiving deserted wife's benefit if and so long as she and any person are cohabiting as husband and wife.
"relevant time"