# The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014, Paragraph 40

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(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—
(a) the amount of that savings credit where the amount received is £7.30 or less; or
(b) £7.30 of that savings credit where the amount received is greater than £7.30.
(2) Where the adult—
(a) has no partner;
(b) has attained the age of 65; and
(c) has qualifying income in excess of the standard minimum guarantee,
a sum of £7.30.
(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—
(a) the amount of that savings credit where the amount received is £11.00 or less; or
(b) £11.00 of that savings credit where the amount received is greater than £11.00.
(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where the adult—
(a) has a partner;
(b) has—
(i) attained the age of 65; or
(ii) has attained pension credit age and the adult’s partner has attained the age of 65; and
(c) has qualifying income in excess of the standard minimum guarantee,
a sum of £11.00.
(5) Where—
(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
(b) the adult’s partner is in receipt of savings credit,
sub-paragraph (4) does not apply to the adult.
(6) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a) the adult has a partner if the adult would be considered to have a partner for the purposes of the Pension Credit Regulations;
(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;
(c) “standard minimum guarantee” means, for the purposes of—
(i) sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the amount prescribed by regulation 6(1)(b) of the Pension Credit Regulations; and
(ii) sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the amount prescribed by regulation 6(1)(a) of the Pension Credit Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2672/schedule/1/paragraph/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-and-assessment-of-resources-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-40
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