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Regulation 35 Capital jointly held

United Kingdom

Except where a claimant possesses capital which is disregarded under regulation 34(4) (notional capital), where a claimant and one or more persons are beneficially entitled in possession to any capital asset they shall be treated as if each of them were entitled in possession F1F2to the whole beneficial interest therein in an equal share and the foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall apply for the purposes of calculating the amount of capital which the claimant is treated as possessing as if it were actual capital which the claimant does possess

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F1

Words in reg. 35 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes and Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2303), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(6)

F2

Words in reg. 35 substituted (12.10.1998) by The Social Security Amendment (Capital) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2250), regs. 1, 2(1), (2)(c)