The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 172(1), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of the definition of "relevant age" (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 2012):

"(b) in any other case -

(i) 12 years in respect of any claim for one-parent family payment relating to any day during the period beginning on 3 May 2012 and expiring on 3 July 2013,

(ii) 10 years in respect of any claim for one-parent family payment relating to any day during the period beginning on 4 July 2013 and expiring on 2 July 2014, and

(iii) 7 years in respect of any claim for one-parent family payment relating to any day occurring on or after 3 July 2014;",

(b) in section 178B (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2012) -

(i) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):

"(2) A person to whom this section applies shall, subject to subsection (3), continue to be entitled to the payment referred to in subsection (1) as follows: