# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008, Paragraph 6

Extent: E+W+S

Where regulation 45(2) to (4) applies to the claimant and that claimant's earnings are less than—
(a) in a case to which regulation 45(2) applies, £20;
(b) in a case to which regulation 45(3) and (4) applies, 16 x National Minimum Wage
the earnings of the claimant's partner are to be disregarded to the extent that the claimant's earnings are less than £20 or, as the case may be, 16 x National Minimum Wage, but only up to a maximum of £20.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/794/schedule/7/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-2008/schedule-7/paragraph-6
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