# The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988, Regulation 46: Maximum housing benefit

Extent: E+W+S

(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;
or
(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 refers shall be disregarded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1890/regulation/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-46
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