{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1988/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1988/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1228",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations",
  "text": "In Schedule 2 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts) for sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1 (personal allowances) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–\n“\n(3) Couple–\n(a) where both members are persons aged less than 18\n(3)(a) £38.80; and\n(i) at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or\n(ii) had they not been members of a couple, each would be eligible for income support under regulation 13A (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for income support); or\n(iii) they are married and each member is either a registered person or a person to whom Part I of Schedule 1A applies; or\n(iv) there is a direction under section 20(4A) of the Act (income support to avoid severe hardship) in respect of each member; or\n(v) there is a direction under section 20(4A) of the Act in respect of one of them and the other is eligible for income support under regulation 13A;\n(b) here both members are aged less than 18 and sub– paragraph (3)(a) above does not apply but one member of the couple–\n(b) £19.40;\n(i) is eligible for income support under regulation 13A; or\n(ii) is the subject of a direction under section 20(4A);\n(c) where both members are aged not less than 18;\n(c) £51.45;\n(d) where one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who–\n(d) £51.45;\n(i) is eligible for income support under regulation 13A; or\n(ii) is the subject of a direction under section 20(4A);\n(e) where one member is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18 who–\n(e) £26.05;\n(i) is not eligible for income support under regulation 13A; or\n(ii) is not the subject of a direction under section 20(4A);\n(f) where one member is aged not less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18 who–\n(f) £33.40.\n(i) is not eligible for income support under regulation 13A; and\n(ii) is not the subject of a direction under section 20(4A).\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1228/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:03:27.644688+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."
}