{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-50.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1890",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/50",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Amount of housing benefit for partners of registered students",
  "text": "(1) The amount of housing benefit to which the partner of a registered student is entitled for any period shall be determined in accordance with the following paragraphs.\n(2) Where the members of a couple or of a polygamous marriage have no income, or their income calculated in accordance with Part IV does not exceed their applicable amount,–\n(a) in the case of a couple, the housing benefit to which the partner of the registered student is entitled shall be the maximum housing benefit;\n(b) in the case of a polygamous marriage, the housing benefit to which the members of that marriage, other than the registered student, are entitled shall be determined by dividing the maximum housing benefit proportionately to each member’s liability for a personal community charge or collective community charge contributions for that period.\n(3) Where the income of a couple or of the members of a polygamous marriage calculated in accordance with Part IV exceeds their applicable amount and there is an amount remaining after deducting from the maximum housing benefit the percentage prescribed in regulation 47 (housing benefit taper) of the excess of their income over the applicable amount,\n(a) in the case of a couple, the housing benefit to which the partner of the registered student is entitled shall be the amount remaining after the deduction has been made;\n(b) in the case of a polygamous marriage, the housing benefit to which the members of that marriage, other than the registered student, are entitled shall be determined by dividing the amount remaining after the deduction has been made, proportionately to each member’s liability for a personal community charge or collective community charge contribution for that period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 50 in force at 1.4.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1890/regulation/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:44.151213+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}