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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2890",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996",
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  "text": "(1) In a case to which none of paragraphs 3, 4, 5 or 6 applies to the relevant person, £15 of earnings derived from one or more employments as—\n(a) a part-time fireman in a fire-brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services Acts 1947 to 1959;\n(b) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activites;\n(c) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a life-boat;\n(d) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979;\nbut, notwithstanding regulation 17 (determination of income and capital of members of relevant person’s family and of a polygamous marriage), if this paragraph applies to a relevant person it shall not apply to his partner except to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) If the relevant person’s partner is engaged in an employment—\n(a) specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings as would not, when aggregated with the amount of the relevant person’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph, exceed £15;\n(b) other than one specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings from the employment up to £10 as would not, when aggregated with the applicant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph, exceed £15.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1947 c. 41, 1951 c. 27, 1959 c. 44."
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