Regulation 46 Maximum housing benefitI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Except in a case to which paragraph (2) applies the amount of a person’s maximum housing benefit shall be–

(a)

80% of his liability for a personal community charge;

(b)

80% of his liability for a collective community charge contribution;

and shall be calculated on a weekly basis in accordance with regulation 56 (calculation of weekly amounts).

(2)

Where a claim for housing benefit is made by or on behalf of a couple or the members of a polygamous marriage, the maximum housing benefit in respect of that couple or those members shall be 80% of the aggregate of the personal community charges or collective community charge contributions for which they are liable, except that where any member of that couple or marriage is a registered student the liability of that member for any such charge or contribution shall be disregarded.

(3)

In calculating a person’s maximum housing benefit, any reduction to which Schedule 2 paragraph 4A of the 1987 Act^f1 refers shall be disregarded.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 46 in force at 1.4.1989, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Schedule 2, paragraph 4A was inserted in the 1987 Act by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 12, paragraph 36(6).