# The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.5) Regulations 1994, Regulation 31: Amendment of Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations


In Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations (applicable amounts in special cases)—
(a) in Column 2 of paragraph 13A for the sum “£290” each time it appears there shall be substituted the sum “£325”;
(b) after paragraph 13A there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—
“
Polish resettlement: Persons temporarily absent from accommodation
13B Where a claimant or his partner is temporarily absent from accommodation to which paragraph 13A applies for which the claimant is liable to pay a retaining fee, and but for that absence from that accommodation his applicable amount would be calculated in accordance with that paragraph and the absent person—
(a) is a patient; or
(b) is a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) does not apply.
13B The amount otherwise applicable to him under these Regulations may be increased to take account of the retaining fee—
(a) in a case to which sub-paragraph (a) of Column 1 applies—
(i) where the person has been a patient for a period of 6 weeks or less, by an amount not exceeding the maximum amount referred to in paragraph 13A(2)(a);
(ii) where the person has been a patient for a period of more than 6 weeks, by an amount not exceeding 80 per cent. of the normal weekly charge for that accommodation, but any such increase shall not be for a con-tinuous period of more than 52 weeks;
(b) in a case of a person to whom sub-paragraph (b) of Column 1 applies, by an amount not exceeding 80 per cent. of the normal weekly charge for that accommodation, but any such increase shall not be for a continuous period of more than 4 weeks.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2139/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no5-regulations-1994/regulation-31
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