# The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Paragraph 47

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where a claimant’s applicable amount includes an amount by way of family premium Where a claimant’s family includes at least one child or young person, £15 of any payment of maintenance, other than child maintenance, whether under a court order or not, which is made or due to be made by the claimant’s former partner, or the claimant’s partner’s former partner.
(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1) where more than one maintenance payment falls to be taken into account in any week, all such payments shall be aggregated and treated as if they were a single payment.
(3) A payment made by the Secretary of State in lieu of maintenance shall, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), be treated as a payment of maintenance made by a person specified in sub-paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/5/paragraph/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-47
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