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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/215",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In a case where paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 do not apply to the claimant, £20 of earnings derived from one or more employments as—\n(a) as a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;\n(b) a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority (as defined in section 1 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 ) or a joint fire and rescue board constituted by an amalgamation scheme made under section 2(1) of that Act;\n(c) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;\n(d) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a life boat;\n(e) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 ;\nbut, notwithstanding regulation 15 (calculation of income and capital of members of claimant's family and of a polygamous marriage), if this paragraph applies to a claimant it shall not apply to his partner except to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) If the claimant's partner is engaged in employment—\n(a) specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings as would not in aggregate with the amount of the claimant's earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £20;\n(b) other than one specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings from that employment up to £10 as would not in aggregate with the claimant's earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £20.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2004 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2005 asp 5. paragraph 8(1)(c) applies in Scotland only– see footnote (a) above."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/1004."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/215/schedule/3/paragraph/8",
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  },
  "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."
}