Regulation 54 Alternative maximum council tax benefitI1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 54(3) words inserted by Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) 2005 Sch. 3 para. 21(5)
reg. 54(4) revoked by Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals and Discretionary Financial Assistance) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) 2001 reg. 10(1) Sch. 2 Pt. 1
reg. 54(1) words substituted by Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit 1994 reg. 20(2)
reg. 54(4) added by Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit 1994 reg. 20(3)

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the alternative maximum council tax benefit where the conditions set out in section 131(3) and (6) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 are fulfilled, shall be the amount determined in accordance with Schedule 2.

Subject to paragraph (3), 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 alternative maximum council tax benefit in his case, the amount determined in accordance with Schedule 2 shall be divided by the number of persons who are jointly and severally liable for that tax.

(3)

Where a claimant is jointly and severally liable for council tax in respect of a dwelling with only his partner, solely by virtue of section 9 or 77 of the 1992 Act (liability of spouses), paragraph (2) shall not apply in his case.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 54 in force at 1.4.1993, see reg. 1(b)