{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-1987/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-1987/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1967",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Polygamous marriages",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulations 21 to 22A ... (applicable amounts in other cases and reductions in applicable amounts ...), where a claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage his weekly applicable amount shall be the aggregate of such of the following amounts as may apply in his case:\n(a) the highest amount applicable to him and one of his partners determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 as if he and that partner were a couple;\n(b) an amount equal to the difference between the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (3)(d) and (1)(e) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 in respect of each of his other partners;\n(c) an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) in respect of any child or young person for whom he or a partner of his is responsible and who is a member of the same household except a child or young person whose capital, if calculated in accordance with Part V in like manner as for the claimant, except as provided in regulation 44(1) (modifications in respect of children and young persons), would exceed £3,000;\n(cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) if he or another partner of the polygamous marriage is responsible for a child or young person who is a member of the same household, the amount specified in Part II of Schedule 2 (family premiums);\n(e) the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to him determined in accordance with Parts III and IV of Schedule 2 (premiums);\n(f) any amounts determined in accordance with Schedule 3 (housing costs) which may be applicable to him in respect of housing costs as prescribed in that Schedule.\n(g) any amount determined in accordance with regulation 17(1)(f) (applicable amounts);\n(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In the case of a partner who is aged less than 18, the amount which applies in respect of that partner shall be nil unless—\n(a) that partner is treated as responsible for a child, or\n(b) that partner is a person who—\n(i) had he not been a member of a polygamous marriage would have qualified for income support under regulation 4ZA; or\n(ii) satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iii) is the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 renumbered as reg. 18(1) (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1228), regs. 1(1)(b), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1) substituted (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1228), regs. 1(1)(b), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1) substituted (8.4.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/206), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1) omitted (25.1.2010) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3228), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/206), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1)(b) substituted (10.7.1989) by The Family Credit and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1034), regs. 1(1)(a), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1)(c) omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 1 para. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2119), regs. 1(1)(a), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1)(cc) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1)(d) omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 1 para. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1)(f) substituted (with effect in accordance with regs.19 - 21 of the amending S.I.) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/725), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1)(g) added (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1445), regs. 1(1)(b), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1)(h) revoked (3.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/588), regs. 1(5), 2(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Reg. 18(2) added (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1228), regs. 1(1)(b), 5(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Reg. 18(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/206), regs. 1(1), 10(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 applied (with modifications) (S.) (6.10.2003) by The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/460), reg. 1, sch. Pt. II Table B (with reg. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Reg. 18 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2003/2382 (as amended by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(4)(a) (with art. 4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Reg. 18 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2016) by S.I. 2007/1104 (as amended (W.) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 90)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1)(c): sum confirmed (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3)(g) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/148), arts. 1(3)(g), 20(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:57.034883+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."
}