Regulation 51 Amount of community charge benefits for partners of registered studentsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
The amount of community charge benefits to which the partner of a registered student is entitled for any period shall be determined in accordance with the following paragraphs.
Where the couple or members of a polygamous marriage have no income, or their income calculated in accordance with F1Parts IV and V does not exceed their applicable amount,
in the case of a couple, the community charge benefit to which the partner of the registered student is entitled shall be the maximum community charge benefit;
in the case of a polygamous marriage, the community charge benefit to which the members of that marriage, other than the registered student, are entitled shall be determined by dividing the maximum community charge benefit proportionately to each member’s liability for payments in respect of a personal community charge or for any collective community charge contributions for that period.
Where the income of a couple or of the members of a polygamous marriage calculated in accordance with Parts IV and V exceeds their 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,
in the case of a couple, the community charge benefit to which the partner of the registered student is entitled shall be the amount remaining after the deduction has been made;
in the case of a polygamous marriage, the community charge benefit to which the members of that marriage, other than the registered student, are entitled shall be determined by dividing the amount remaining after the deduction has been made, 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 51(2)(3) substituted (1.4.1990) by The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/834), regs. 1(1), 12