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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2007/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110756639",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER",
  "text": "PART I\nPERSONAL ALLOWANCES\n1 The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) shall be the weekly amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 17(1) and 18(1) (applicable amounts and polygamous marriages)—\n(1)\n(2)\nPerson or Couple\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant aged—\n(1)\n(a)\nexcept where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;\n(a)\n£35.65;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;\n(b)\n£46.85;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(a);\n(c)\n£46.85;\n(d)\nnot less than 18 but less than 25;\n(d)\n£46.85;\n(e)\nnot less than 25.\n(e)\n£59.15.\n(2) Lone parent aged—\n(2)\n(a)\nexcept where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;\n(a)\n£35.65;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;\n(b)\n£46.85;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(a);\n(c)\n£46.85;\n(d)\nnot less than 18.\n(d)\n£59.15.\n(3) Couple—\n(3)\n(a)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(a)\n£70.70;\n(i)\nat least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or\n(ii)\nhad they not been members of a couple, each would have qualified for income support under regulation 4ZA; or\n(iii)\nthe claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iv)\nthere is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(b)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and head (a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;\n(b)\n£46.85;\n(c)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and heads (a) and (b) do not apply;\n(c)\n£35.65;\n(d)\nwhere both members are aged not less than 18;\n(d)\n£92.80;\n(e)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—\n(e)\n£92.80;\n(i)\nqualifies for income support under regulation 4ZA, or who would so qualify if he were not a member of a couple; or\n(ii)\nsatisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(f)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—\n(f)\n£46.85;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA if he were not a member of a couple; and\n(ii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iii)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(g)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—\n(g)\n£59.15.\n(i)\nwould not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA if he were not a member of a couple; and\n(ii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iii)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship).\n2 (1) The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person specified in column (1) shall, for the relevant period specified in column (1), be the weekly amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 17(1)(b) and 18(1)(c).\n(1)\n(2)\nChild or Young Person\nAmount\nPerson in respect of the period—\n(a)\nbeginning on that person’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday;\n(a)\n£47.45;\n(b)\nbeginning on the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday and ending on the day preceding that person’s twentieth birthday.\n(b)\n£47.45.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) were substituted by S.I. 1990/1168 and amended by S.I. 1996/206."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (3) was substituted by S.I. 1996/206."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/2545, 2003/455 and 2006/645 and 718."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
}