Regulation 49 Amount of community charge benefits for members of a coupleI1

Subject to regulation 51 (amount of community charge benefits for partners of registered students) in calculating the amount of community charge benefits to which the members of a couple are entitled for any period, paragraphs (2) or (3) shall apply.

Where the members of a couple have no income or their income calculated in accordance with Part IV does not exceed the applicable amount, the community charge benefit to which either member is entitled shall be determined by dividing the maximum community charge benefit proportionately to each member’s F1liability for payments in respect of a personal community charge or for any collective community charge contribution for that period.

Where a couple’s income calculated in accordance with Part IV exceeds the applicable amount and there is an amount remaining after deducting from the maximum community charge benefit the percentage prescribed in regulation 48 (community charge benefits taper) of the excess of their income over the applicable amount, then the community charge benefit to which either member is entitled shall be determined by dividing the amount remaining proportionately to each member’s liability for payments in respect of a personal community charge or for any collective community charge contribution for that period.