Regulation 46 Maximum community charge benefitI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Except in a case to which paragraph (2) applies, the amount of a person’s maximum community charge benefit in respect of a day shall be—
where a person’s liability is in respect of a personal community charge, 80% of the amount A/B where—
A is the amount set or imposed by the appropriate authority as the personal community charge for its area for the relevant financial year;
B is the number of days in that financial year;
where a person’s liability is in respect of a collective community charge contribution, 80% of the amount to be paid by him by way of collective community charge contribution in respect of that day.
Where a claim for community charge benefits is made by or on behalf of a couple or the members of a polygamous marriage, the maximum community charge benefit in respect of that couple or those members shall be the aggregate of any amounts referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) applicable to each member of that couple or that marriage, except that where any such member is a registered student any amounts in respect of that student shall be disregarded.
paragraphs 5 and 5A of the 1988 Act
In calculating the maximum community charge benefit under paragraphs (1) and (2) any reduction in the amount a person is liable to pay in respect of a personal community charge in consequence of regulations made under section 13A of the 1988 Act or section 9A of the 1987 Act (reduced liability for personal community charge), shall be taken into account.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 46(1)(2) substituted (1.4.1990) by The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/834), regs. 1(1), 9(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 46(3) substituted (1.4.1990) by The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/834), regs. 1(1), 9(b)
- F3
Reg. 46(4) added (1.4.1990) by The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/834), regs. 1(1), 9(c)