(1) Subject to this Act and to regulations made under this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as "farm assist") shall be payable to a farmer where -
(a) he or she has attained the age of 18 years and is under pensionable age, and
(b) his or her weekly means, subject to subsection (2), do not exceed the amount of farm assist (including any increases of farm assist) that would be payable to the farmer under this Chapter if he or she had no means.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where the spouse of a claimant for farm assist is a spouse referred to in any of subparagraphs (iii) to (vii) of section 2(2) (a), the means of the claimant shall be taken to be one-half the means.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where, in the 4 weeks immediately before the commencement of section 9 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 a person was entitled to or in receipt of farm assist and the spouse of the claimant for farm assist is not the claimant's qualified adult, or is a spouse in respe
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