Regulation 2 Entitlement: basic cases

(1)

A qualifying individual shall be entitled to a payment of £200 if at any time in the relevant week—

(a)

he is single; and

(b)

he is not living with another qualifying individual.

(2)

A qualifying individual shall be entitled to a payment of £100 if at any time in the relevant week—

(a)

he is single; and

(b)

he is living with another qualifying individual.

(3)

A qualifying individual shall be entitled to a payment of £200 if at any time in the relevant week he is part of a couple and—

(a)

the other member of the couple is not in receipt of guarantee credit, income-based jobseeker's allowance F1, income support or income-related employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007; and

(b)

either—

(i)

the other member of the couple is not a qualifying individual; or

(ii)

either member of the couple is in receipt of savings credit.

(4)

A qualifying individual shall be entitled to a payment of £100 if at any time in the relevant week he is part of a couple and the other member of the couple is also a qualifying individual.

(5)

This regulation is subject to regulation 3.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 2(3)(a) substituted (27.10.2008) by Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 72