Paragraph 23 Applicable amounts: pensioners (including pensioners in polygamous marriages)

(1)

The applicable amount for a pensioner^f1 for a week is the aggregate of such of the following amounts as apply in that person’s case—

(a)

an amount in respect of the person, or if that person is a member of a couple, an amount in respect of both of them, determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (personal allowance);

(b)

an amount in respect of any child or young person who is a member of the person’s family, determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule (child or young person amounts);

(c)

if the person is a member of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person, an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Schedule (family premium);

(d)

the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to the person, determined in accordance with Parts 3 and 4 of that Schedule (premiums).

(2)

In Schedule 2—

“additional spouse” (“priod ychwanegol”) means a spouse of either party to the marriage who is additional to the other party to the marriage;
“patient” (“claf”) means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Including pensioners in polygamous marriages, by virtue of paragraph 5 of this scheme.
f2: S.I. 2005/3360.

Notes on Schedule

Commencement

I1: Sch. in force at 28.11.2013, see reg. 1(2)