Regulation 20 Calculation of income

(1)

For the purposes of this regulation, “the Schedule” means Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), in calculating the disposable income of the person concerned there shall be a deduction at or equivalent to the following rates (as they applied at the beginning of the period of calculation):

(a)

in respect of the maintenance of his partner, the difference between the income support allowance for a couple both aged not less than 18 (which is specified in column 2 of paragraph 1(3)(c) of the Schedule), and the allowance for a single person aged not less than 25 (which is specified in column 2 of paragraph 1(1)(e) of the Schedule); and

(b)

in respect of the maintenance of any dependant child or dependant relative of his, where such persons are members of his household:

(i)

in the case of a dependant child or a dependant relative aged 15 or under at the beginning of the period of calculation, the amount specified at (a) in column 2 in paragraph 2(1) of the Schedule; and

(ii)

in the case of a dependant child or a dependant relative aged 16 or over at the beginning of the period of calculation, the amount specified at (b) in column 2 in paragraph 2(1) of the Schedule.

(3)

The assessing authority may reduce any rate provided by virtue of paragraph (1) by taking into account the income and other resources of the dependant child or dependant relative to such extent as appears to the assessing authority to be equitable.

(4)

In ascertaining whether a child is a dependant child or whether a person is a dependant relative for the purposes of this regulation, regard shall be had to their income and other resources.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1967; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/2545; 1999/264 and 2555.