# The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996, Paragraph 8


(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—
(a) a part-time fireman in a fire-brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services Acts 1947 to 1959;
(b) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activites;
(c) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a life-boat;
(d) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979;
but, 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).
(2) If the relevant person’s partner is engaged in an employment—
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2890/schedule/2/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-renewal-grants-regulations-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-8
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