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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-and-assessment-of-resources-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-40",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2672",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-and-assessment-of-resources-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/40",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the adult is in receipt of savings credit as a person who has no partner and has qualifying income not exceeding the standard minimum guarantee—\n(a) the amount of that savings credit where the amount received is £7.30 or less; or\n(b) £7.30 of that savings credit where the amount received is greater than £7.30.\n(2) Where the adult—\n(a) has no partner;\n(b) has attained the age of 65; and\n(c) has qualifying income in excess of the standard minimum guarantee,\na sum of £7.30.\n(3) Where the adult is in receipt of savings credit as a person who has a partner and has qualifying income not exceeding the standard minimum guarantee—\n(a) the amount of that savings credit where the amount received is £11.00 or less; or\n(b) £11.00 of that savings credit where the amount received is greater than £11.00.\n(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where the adult—\n(a) has a partner;\n(b) has—\n(i) attained the age of 65; or\n(ii) has attained pension credit age and the adult’s partner has attained the age of 65; and\n(c) has qualifying income in excess of the standard minimum guarantee,\na sum of £11.00.\n(5) Where—\n(a) the sum referred to in sub-paragraph (4) has been disregarded in the assessment of the adult’s partner’s income under these Regulations; or\n(b) the adult’s partner is in receipt of savings credit,\nsub-paragraph (4) does not apply to the adult.\n(6) For the purposes of this paragraph—\n(a) the adult has a partner if the adult would be considered to have a partner for the purposes of the Pension Credit Regulations;\n(b) “qualifying income” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 9 of the Pension Credit Regulations and for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) the adult’s qualifying income includes any qualifying income of the adult’s partner;\n(c) “standard minimum guarantee” means, for the purposes of—\n(i) sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the amount prescribed by regulation 6(1)(b) of the Pension Credit Regulations; and\n(ii) sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the amount prescribed by regulation 6(1)(a) of the Pension Credit Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 1 para. 40 substituted (6.4.2026) by The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/213), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 1 para. 40 substituted (6.4.2026) by The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/213), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 40 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 9 was amended by S.I. 2008/1554 and 2013/630."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The amounts in regulation 6 were up-rated by S.I. 2014/516."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2672/schedule/1/paragraph/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:38:16.565048+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}