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Paragraph 24 Applicable amounts: persons who are not pensioners

(1)

Subject to paragraphs 25 and 26, the applicable amount for a week for a person who is not a pensioner is the aggregate of such of the following amounts as may apply in the 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 3 (personal allowances);

(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 3 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 Part 2 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);

(e)

the amount of either the—

(i)

work-related activity component; or

(ii)

support component,

(f)

which may be applicable to the person in accordance with Parts 5 and 6 of that Schedule (the components);

(g)

the amount of any transitional addition which may be applicable to the person in accordance with Parts 7 and 8 of that Schedule (transitional addition).

(2)

In Schedule 3—

  • “additional spouse” (“priod ychwanegol”) means a spouse of either party to the marriage who is additional to the other party to the marriage;

  • “converted employment and support allowance” (“lwfans cyflogaeth a chymorth a droswyd”) means an employment and support allowance which is not income-related and to which a person is entitled as a result of a conversion decision within the meaning of the Employment and Support Allowance (Existing Awards) Regulations 2008f1;

  • “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 2005f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2008/794.

f2

S.I. 2005/3360.

Notes on Schedule

Commencement

I1

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