{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-51.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1814",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/51",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Maximum council tax benefit",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the amount of a person’s maximum council tax benefit in respect of a day for which he is liable to pay council tax, shall be 100 per cent. of the amount\nABwhere—\naA is the amount set by the appropriate authority as the council tax for the relevant financial year in respect of the dwelling in which he is a resident and for which he is liable, subject to any discount which may be appropriate to that dwelling under section 11 or 79 of the 1992 Act; and\nbB is the number of days in that financial year,\nless any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under regulation 52 (non-dependant deductions).\n(2) In calculating a person’s maximum council tax benefit—\n(a) any reduction in the amount that person is liable to pay in respect of council tax in consequence of regulations made under sections 13 and 80 of the 1992 Act (reduced amounts of council tax) shall be taken into account;\n(b) any reduction in the amount that person is liable to pay in respect of council tax by virtue of Schedule 2 paragraphs 6 and 7 of the 1992 Act (reductions for lump sum payments), shall be disregarded.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where a claimant is jointly and severally liable for council tax in respect of a dwelling in which he is resident with one or more other persons, in determining the maximum council tax benefit in his case in accordance with paragraph (1), the amount A shall be divided by the number of persons who are jointly and severally liable for that tax.\n(4) Where a claimant is jointly and severally liable for council tax in respect of a dwelling with only his partner, paragraph (3) shall not apply in his case.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 51(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1993 immediately after art. 20 of S.I. 1993/349 comes into force) by The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/688), regs. 1(1), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 51 in force at 1.4.1993, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1605",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals and Discretionary Financial Assistance) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2001 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/194",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit, Supply of Information and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/194",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit, Supply of Information and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/154",
      "affecting_title": "The Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Restrictions) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/154",
      "affecting_title": "The Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Restrictions) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2303",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2303",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/319",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments (Severe Disablement Allowance and Incapacity Benefit)) Amendment Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/319",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments (Severe Disablement Allowance and Incapacity Benefit)) Amendment Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2137",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2137",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/65",
      "affecting_title": "The Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1841",
      "affecting_title": "The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:39.387743+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}